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« Reply #135 on: Sunday, August 30, 2020, 18:08:01 »

Ahh nice, I'm by no means a Twitcher (of the ornithological or nervous type) but I do like them. Anyhow, been shooting a lot of stuff for my short film but wanted to get better and improve at shooting moving objects.  Anyhow, one of my sisters kindly booked me onto a workshop for seabird photography.

I got what I personally needed out of it but it was also just fascinating to be surrounded by several species and even the same species all in different stages of life.

It was mostly Gannets (which I find are incredible and even more lovely when inspected), with Fulmar and Herring Gull chucked between. Didn't matter, for me it was about capturing the motion as it were. I've obviously taken some from the day and was pretty impressed with the results.

Anyhow, to make this short (:eyeroll:) I will be popping some of my faves from the shoot on my page and happy to drop the link (not an invitation to go to the "Dump" thread) here if any of you would fancy a peek?

Also may run a small competition on here and FB, to giveaway a print of one of the selections. I know that, might not be as nice as taking it yourself but I think if you like birds and my images have enough about them then it'll be worth it. Also, I think everyone can do with a boost every now and again; especially during these interesting times.

You can all take a breath now!

Cheers,
Bamboo Smiley
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« Reply #136 on: Sunday, August 30, 2020, 18:16:05 »

We have a baby sparrow my wife rescued from soi dogs.

He's eating well. Not sure we can release him because he has no fer of people or animals. He seems to think my dog is one of his (several) mums.

I called him Captain Jack.
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« Reply #137 on: Sunday, August 30, 2020, 18:19:38 »

Puffins Rule  Smiley

I am a bit of a twitcher but only tend to go after the 'Mega' rare ones - luckily we get quite a few over here in a reasonably small area.
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« Reply #138 on: Sunday, August 30, 2020, 18:29:41 »

We have a baby sparrow my wife rescued from soi dogs.

He's eating well. Not sure we can release him because he has no fer of people or animals. He seems to think my dog is one of his (several) mums.

I called him Captain Jack.

Have you given him Rum?  Wink
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« Reply #139 on: Sunday, August 30, 2020, 18:30:57 »

I’m a twitcher and feed the birds every day in the garden.
Put up loads of nest boxes, including Barn Owls and Tawny Owls.
Got a Nuthatch nesting in the garden this year.
Know birds by their sounds and something that I got into as a kid.

I also shoot though as well. Magpies definitely.

Lots of Red Kites around Farringdon & Wantage Dukey have they reached your neck of the woods
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« Reply #140 on: Sunday, August 30, 2020, 18:37:52 »

Puffins Rule  Smiley

I am a bit of a twitcher but only tend to go after the 'Mega' rare ones - luckily we get quite a few over here in a reasonably small area.

Puffins are great. I was lucky enough to be "working" on Scilly when a Bee Eater visited and was definitely on Agnes when a Cream Coloured Courser was about. The CCC must've been about 15/16yrs ago now? I remember at the time it was the first UK sighting for some time; I believe there have been some sightings of it since.

From pure memory, the Bee Eater was in the May and the CCC was Late Sept/Early Oct and I'm sure it was in the same year.
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« Reply #141 on: Monday, August 31, 2020, 07:40:58 »

Lots of Red Kites around Farringdon & Wantage Dukey have they reached your neck of the woods

They are everywhere now.
Lucky no parakeet’s yet, they are taking over some places.
Plenty of Buzzards here.
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« Reply #142 on: Monday, August 31, 2020, 08:14:28 »

We've got friends in Wycombe and I've sat in their back garden and counted 16-18 Red Kites in one go. An incredible success story. They are spreading East but haven't reached North Essex yet apart from the odd one passing through - still very much a rarity in this part of the world though.We never used to get Buzzards either but they're common these days. Parakeets I know are all over West/South West London and are getting to be quite a problem.
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« Reply #143 on: Monday, August 31, 2020, 08:53:58 »

I had no idea wild parakeets were about her until a couple of years ago. thought someone's port had escaped 🤭
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« Reply #144 on: Monday, August 31, 2020, 09:03:34 »

Puffins Rule  Smiley]


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« Reply #145 on: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 13:03:20 »

Two Black Kite here atm, which I understand are pretty rare  Cool
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« Reply #146 on: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 13:37:24 »

Scilly Red, has me on ignore?! How bizarre. Considering I asked you about the two birds that had not been in the UK for a while.

I get that I can be pretty annoying regarding wider aspects on here but when it comes to this thread seems a little odd. Hopefully an accident  Hmmm
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« Reply #147 on: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 13:50:58 »

I didn't think I;d wade into this thread, but we have a Red Tailed Hawk - sounds like a bay screaming that's been smoking 60 a day.
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« Reply #148 on: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 13:53:59 »

Scilly Red, has me on ignore?! How bizarre. Considering I asked you about the two birds that had not been in the UK for a while.

I get that I can be pretty annoying regarding wider aspects on here but when it comes to this thread seems a little odd. Hopefully an accident  Hmmm


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« Reply #149 on: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 14:04:35 »

worse still, at night when you are trying to sleep
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