Tdgraves big year 2019

[Tdgraves]

30 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:

I'm definitely with the Flowerpeckers on this one!

 

But which one @Dave Williams ?

[Dave Williams]

Has to be @Galana 's  Pale-billed @ Ceylonese which is a common species whereas the Lesser Whitethroat not only looks different but is an uncommon vagrant. You should find the latter in the UK though so all is far from lost!

 

[Galana]

2 hours ago, Tdgraves said:

But which one @Dave Williams ?

This one looks familiar to me.

Spot the diffence.

 

Toodles.

[Tdgraves]

@Galana different colour feathers and bill??!!???

[Treepol]

An excellent view of the varied birds of Sri Lanka @Tdgraves. I especially liked the pitta, Painted Stork, Barbet and the bee-eater photos.

[Zim Girl]

Just enjoyed catching up with all your lovely Sri Lankan birds @Tdgraves, I particularly liked the yellow fronted barbet.

[Tdgraves]

Now I think I am done from Sri Lanka. I have been desperately searching through thousands of pictures to try and find a few, but to no avail. There were definitely some where we only had a brief sighting and definitely had no shots, such as the Jacobin and chestnut-winged cuckoo yellow-footed green pigeon and sirkeer malkoha, but there are another 9 on my list which I can't find. Anyway, 161 for BY out of 174 total for two weeks isn't at all bad (and I have taken out the "whitethroat"). I suppose there is always a chance of finding one or two when I do the TR, but I have been through the folders many times...

[TonyQ]

I have really enjoyed your Sri Lanka section, and you got a really good total there.

It is frustrating trying to find those last couple of birds hidden in folders!

[Tdgraves]

So now onto the UK birds...

 

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire, 22/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400mm mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/1600

 

 

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400mm mark ii, ISO 800, f7.1, 1/1000

 

 

163) Eurasian coot

Edited April 25, 2019 by Tdgraves
extra photo

[Tdgraves]

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 1/1/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400mm mark ii, ISO 1000, f5.6, 1/1000

 

 

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400mm mark ii, ISO 500, f6.3, 1/1600, EV -1/3

 

 

164) Tufted duck

Edited April 25, 2019 by Tdgraves
extra photo

[xelas]

1 hour ago, Tdgraves said:

Anyway, 161 for BY out of 174 total for two weeks isn't at all bad

 

It is an excellent count, @Tdgraves! Ours had same numbers just in different order: 116 . Will there be a trip report of a kind?

[Tdgraves]

2 hours ago, Tdgraves said:

chance of finding one or two when I do the TR

 

Thanks @xelas

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/1600, EV -1/3

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 640, f6.3, 1/1250

 

 

165) Common pochard

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/2000, EV -1/3

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/4000, EV -1/3

 

 

166) Whooper swan

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Lots of photos, as they were such willing subjects in nice light....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

167) Mallard

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/2000

 

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/4000, EV -1/3

 

 

168) Pink-footed goose

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 640, f6.3, 1/2500

 

 

169) Eurasian wigeon

[Tdgraves]

And a new one for me, kindly pointed out by someone else in the hide

 

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 400, f6.3, 1/2500

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/2500, EV -1/3

 

with a tufted duck for comparison

 

 

170) Greater scaup

[Galana]

Don't worry about your Whitethroat. Lots about now in UK.

I confess to momentary confusion with your Whooper and Pinkfoots. Then I saw the date taken.

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 640, f6.3, 1/2500

 

 

171) Northern lapwing

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 19/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/3200

 

 

172) Great tit

[Tdgraves]

Annoyingly I missed a tree sparrow in the car park when I arrived - I'll get that later I thought, but of course, this was all I got...

 

 

maybe next time...

 

Some other duplicates

 

 

 

 

and black-tailed godwits were already counted in Sri Lanka

 

 

 

In a "where's wally?" type way - can I convince you that the small interlopers (not the lapwings) are dunlin?

 

 

 

and if anyone ( @Galana ?) can ID this duck, I'll be eternally grateful

 

 

[Tdgraves]

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 22/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/160

 

 

173) Winter wren

[Tdgraves]

And my nemesis bird, so I thought I'd post it now, as I have never got a good shot of one...

 

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 22/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/1000

 

 

174) Eurasian bullfinch

[Tdgraves]

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 22/2/19

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mm mark ii, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/1000, EV +2/3

 

 

175) Common buzzard