20251009 White-throated Needletail, Filey Brigg

 

20251009 White-throated Needletail
Over Filey Bay from Filey Brigg....!!
ISO 12800.

20251009 Sunset Filey Bay
'The day had been retrieved Jump Start Eric'.

20251007 Whinchat & Whooper swan, Cley Marshes

 

20251007 Whinchat
1st winter with closed left foot, Whatling Water.

20251007 M Harrier
Yellow FL over Popes to Harrier Man...

20251007 Whooper Swan 
3 in Pats roost this even.

20251007 ??

2025107 Whinchat
Shot supplied by GRGS and his FF Nikon.
Note weight of bird on rt leg.

20251006 Greater Short-toed Lark, Snettisham Beach

 

20251005 Pink-footed Goose
Leucistic bird with flock of 20 on Simmonds.

20251004 Turkestan Shrike, Dunwich Heath

 

20251004 Turkestan Shrike
Bird first seen in the roosting clump with agitated Blue Tits.
Flew out to coastguard cottages garden.  

20251004 T Shrike
Adult male.
Big black & 1.4x tele at F10, the sweet spot....
All shots at 1680mm.

20251004 T Shrike
Orangish Burnt Sienna to forehead, rump and tail, not red...
A bird of semi-deserts with tones to match.

20251004 Turkestan Shrike
Breeding range lies between the Caspian Sea and the Gobi Desert.
An area known as Turkestan...

20251004 T Shrike

20251002 Red-throated Diver
Walcott Gap.

20251002 Red-throated Diver
Walcott Gap.
The first image to really pop with the Big Black & 1.4x, at F10 1/3 of a stop from F9,
the max aperture with this converter.

20250927 Common Redstart, Holkham Pines

 

2020927 Kestrel on sunrise
For the raptor connoisseur. 

20250927 C Redstart
2 males chasing about scrub.

20250927 C Redstart
1st winter male. Type not well depicted in field guides.

20250927 C Redstart

20250925 Red-backed Shrike, Morston Greens

 

20250925 Barnacle Goose
Onto Bull Marsh.

20250925 Chiffchaff
Walsey Hills, with a weak 'heeet' call.

20250923 Lesser Grey Shrike, Winterton

 

20020526 Lesser Grey Shrike
A bright male at Dawlish Warren.
Brit Isles Lifer 357.

20250923 Lesser Grey Shrike

20250923 LG Shrike
Not in flight mode nor pro-capture.
When will the switch be made quick enough...??

20250923 LG Shrike
Less processing is more...?
Adult female with partial mask on forehead.

20250923 LG Shrike
Pale pinkish lower mandible base, a sign of immaturity...
A few barred scapulars remain also.

20250922 Ruddy Shelduck, Cley Marshes

20250922 Ruddy Shelduck
Bull Marsh with 5 Egyptian and 20 Pink-foot nearby... provenance??

20250922 Ruddy Shelduck
Blueish green speculum sheen.

20250922 Ruddy Shelduck
1921hrs into roost with c400 Pink-foot...!
Sunset 1845hrs, Night Vision set and first outing for the Big Black in the dark.

 

20250914 Pectoral Sandpiper, Salthouse Marshes

 

202509118 Pectoral Sandpiper
2 birds on pool by Iron Rd.

20250918 Pectoral Sandpiper
Iron Rd.

20250918 Pectoral Sandpiper
Following a low pass by Marsh Harrier the birds shoot out of veg cover onto islands.

20250918 Pectoral Sandpiper

20250918 Greenshank
Shake following bathing.

20250918 Curlew Sandpiper
Flock of 12 + 1 Dunlin dropped in. 1634hrs, Simmonds.

20250918 Pectoral Sandpiper

20111001 Pectoral Sandpiper
Marazion Beach, Cornwall.
Lumix G1 & Sigma lens at 1189mm.

20111001 Pectoral Sandpiper

20250915 Artic Skua & Manx Shearwater, Cley Beach

 

20250915 Arctic Skua
Under-parts, Intermediate phase adult.

20250915 Arctic Skua
Intermediate phase upper-parts, hunting off Cley Beach.

20250915 Arctic Skua
Dark phase adult.
Cley Beach at the moment is the photo op site to test your set up for BIF.

20250916 Manx Shearwater
Thin passage West.

20250916 Manx Shearwater
A photographic challenge at mid-range.
Use S-AF+MF as OM1 not consistent with subject tracking.
1.4x telecon required next time...

20250917 Arctic Skua
Intermediate adult resting on shingle this evening.

20250917 Arctic Skua
The deep blackish-brown under-wing coverts with minimal contrast with secondaries.

20250917 Arctic Skua
Dark phase juvenile flew up off beach with above adult.

20250917 Arctic Skua