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| 20260124 Iceland Gull 1st winter. 1680mm using 1.4x as way out beyond the surf. Wings project well beyond tail. |
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| 20260124 Iceland Gull Averagely proportioned medium-large Gull with a round head, weak bill and plain looks... apart from the white primaries. |
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| 20260124 Iceland Gull Approaches the size of Herring Gull. |
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| 20260124 Iceland Gull Centre Weighted exposure with Auto ISO...! White wings and black wave exposed equally well!!? |
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| 20260124 Iceland Gull |
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| 20260124 Iceland Gull Clear white remiges in elegantly shaped wing. Pale barring on inner webs of rectrices. |
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| 20260124 Iceland Gull |
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| 20260124 Sea Palling Sea defences. 14-42mm at 28mm effective, only just wide enough. Concrete wall only just wide enough, a bottleneck at HT. |
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| 20260124 Purple Sandpiper |
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| 20260124 Sanderling At 1120mm with 1.4x telecon pulled back to within the lenses normal range... The telecon maintains quality in good light for portraits. |
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| 20260124 Sanderling |
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| 20260124 Purple Sandpiper Feeding with Sanderling on the tide line but retreating to loaf on the rocks when flushed... |
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| 20260124 Sea Palling Reefs of rocks create an excellent Gull lagoon. |
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| 20140125 Grey Heron Birding the Teign Estuary, Newton Abbot. Old photo of the week, E-M1 & Sigma 50-500mm effective 1000mm. Better Noise Reduction of todays apps used. In 14 years has camera tech moved on that much....?? cf OM1 & OMSystem 150-600mm effective 1200mm... |
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| 20260124 Iceland Gull Juvenile plumage retained throughout winter. No pale grey feathering in mantle. |
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| 20260124 Iceland Gull |
