In reply to DB_Fife:
In reply to Mike B:
In reply to Kevin Brooke:
Kevin Brooke said:Thank you. I have another 50 with branches, leaves and twigs. This is the lucky one
Definitely, and a beauty too.
Mike
Flickr Peak Rambler
Lovely shot kevin. I see very few around my way. The best one I ever saw was sat on a branch in clear view on a sunny day about 3 metres away, for a few minutes posing .... Yup, my camera was in the car ...
In reply to Billysdad:
These are the last ones from my trip away. They are on the beach at the north end of Morecambe on my way to the Lakes. It was raining, and continued until I got home!
A Herring Gull I think?
Lapwing
And another
An Oystercatcher outing
Turnstone coming in to land
One looking for lunch
One looking fed up like me in the rain
Off to find somewhere warm and dry
I like all/everyone's photos, it's great we can go out and take these images of birds and other animals. Specially like the eye of the kingfisher though, and the one 'looking fed up in the rain' is spot on, and the ewe has a lovely smile. (why is she wearing two different coloured earings?)
And now for something completely different...a coot rumble. Two pairs of coots having a discussion about territorial boundaries in Colebrook lake (south), Moor Green Lakes nature reserve.
I got lucky. Armed with my Canon 80D and Sigma 150-600m lens, these birds were about 30 yards away from me. Light conditions were reasonable.
And my favourate...Geronimo!
They do try an disembowel each other, locking talons.
They carried on like this for about 10 to 15 minutes. Sometimes taking a little breather, before fighting again.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
Cin J