20251118 Goldcrest & Hume's Leaf Warbler, Holkham Pines & Holme Dunes

 

20251116 Goldcrest
Shot to demonstrate Depth Blur in background but also foreground. 
Isolates the target very well.
A quality bokeh achieved from a 'small sensor' jpeg.

20251116 Goldcrest 
Study of the wing at F5.9, head and tail out of focus.
The Big Black is a bright lens fully open, and performs well in the darkness of the pine belt.

20251118 Chiffchaff
F7.1, only closed 1/3 of a stop, is the sweet spot of The Big Black.
Should have been a Pallas's on a very dull grey morn at Titch...
Again a bright pleasing image obtained though.

20251118 Hume's Leaf Warbler
On arrival the bird popped up... but sunk back into veg never to show again??
Excellent background and close on path, initially all look well set.
Weak yell-brow type call infrequently heard all day...
Ticker's tweet of the day: 'you got a caterpillar in the sea-buckthorn'...
Being an exponent of extremely long range bird photography,
 this recalls the most famous comment on the first flyby Glossy shot off Norfolk back in the day...
'you got a lobster pot'... credits to follow.

20251106 Long-tailed Duck & American Golden Plover, NW Norfolk

 

20251106 Long-tailed Duck
North Lagoon Snettisham.
2 juveniles here, as the 2 that shot past Cley on 28th Oct... qv below.

20251106 Long-necked Duck

20251106 American Golden Plover
Titchwell Freshmarsh.
Lesser bulk than the Eurasian Golden Plover.
Obvious primary extension showed at range.

20251106 American Golden Plover
Darker spangling on upper-parts and blackish cap above solid supercilium.

20251106 A Golden Plover
Bird flew below the main E Golden flock.
Showed as slighter and darker overall.

20251106 A Golden Plover
Dark grey under-wing coverts were easily seen at range.

20251106 Firecrest
Low in veg by pools. Yellow-browed Warbler also in area.

20251105 Common Crossbill & Pied Wagtail, Little Snoring

 

20251105 C Crossbill
Adult Female drinking from puddle.
Small flocks also seen along the Suffolk coast suggests a good winter for this irruptive species.

20251105 Pied Wagtail
1st winter.

20251105 Pied Wagtail

20251105 C Crossbill
Male and female.

20251105 C Crossbill
3 males 1 female.

20251109 C Crossbill
Mid morning shots in direct sun. Heat haze from the flat ground caused most shots to be binned.

20251109 C Crossbill

20251109 C Crossbill

20251109 C Crossbill
Male bathing.

20251109  C Crossbill

20251101 Brown Shrike, Hollesley Common Suffolk

 

20251101 Brown Shrike
Bird very happy within MOD base and therefore completely undisturbed.
Posed on the perimeter fences frequently.

20251101 Brown Shrike
Very small amount of Depth Blur applied still isolates the target well. 
Note slight loss of fine feather detail on the outer edge of bird.