20250224 Lesser White-fronted Goose, Warham Fort & Cley Marshes

 

20250224 Cattle Egret 
2 wintering in Wighton area.

20250224 Russian White-fronted Goose
Warham Fort, River Stiffkey flood plain.

20250224 Lesser White-fronted Goose
9 birds here.

20250224 Lesser White-fronted Goose

20250224 Lesser White-fronted Goose

20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose & Greylag Goose
Greylag 73% longer & 56% heavier...!

20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose & Greylag Goose

20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose & Greylag Goose

20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose

20250214 Lesser White-fronted Goose
Cley marshes.
Comparison with White Fronts. Larger gander at right end.

20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose

20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose
Note colour rings.

20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose

20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose

20250219 Smew & Slavonian Grebe, Abberton Reservoir Essex

 

20250219 Smew
Male with 2 female type, Layer Breton causeway.
2400mm. Subject detection frequently pulls the focus point nearer off the target with the MC20...

20250219 Smew
2400mm equiv.

20250219 Smew
2400mm equiv.

20250219 Slavonian Grebe

20250219 Slavonian Grebe
Pair by VP on causeway.

20250219 Slavonian Grebe

20250219 Slavonian Grebe
2400mm, 1/1000th sec, F13, ISO8000....!!!
Overcast dull white cloud.

20250219 Slavonian Grebe
2400mm with MC20. Birds bobbing on choppy water causing subject detection in
C-AF to jump closer, as seen here. Most shots in burst missed like this....
Use of S-AF without subject detection gave good focus throughout burst.

20250219 Goosander
Abberton Res is the site for this species...
MC20 at 1570mm.

20250206 Pallid Harrier, Warham Greens

 

20250206 Pallid Harrier
Adult female.
Big Black 2400mm equiv plus x2 in camera crop....

20250206 Pallid Harrier
Darker brown secondaries into which black bars merge.

20250206 Pallid Harrier

20250206 Pallid Harrier

20250206 Mallard
Pair wandering salt marsh on a quieter evening...

20250206 Barn Owl