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As for the Whinchats...

Well, I did think I had got some shots, but it turned out that they were not Whinshats at all, but juvenile Stonechats.

 

Stonechat - juv

 

Stonechat - juv

They are there though, so I'll try again.

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Wow, awesome sighting Martin!

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Great owl sighting 

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1 hour ago, Kitsafari said:

wow on the owl!

 

 

Yes, a very nice surprise

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Another wow from me.

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21 minutes ago, Zim Girl said:

Lovely Owl shots, great sighting!

 

Too kind. I just wish I'd had a proper camera. 

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Another try for Whinchats today.

Woo Hoo! I found one. Within a few yards (metres) of where I found the Stonechats.
Although I was not completely sure at the time because the image is not always as clear as I'd like in the EVF.

 

#168 - Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra - (FTP # 69)

Shingle Street, Suffolk. Sept 2020

 

Whinchat

 

in fact I was not sure how good the image was so I went back again later on and found a couple more - or was it the same ones - in almost the same spot. I literally got out of the car and saw it sitting on the fencepost. Easy when you know where to look. B)

 

The light was not nearly as good as it had been in the morning,

Whinchat

 

Whinchat

 

Whinchat

 

 

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now for an ebc

 

these birds have been seen a couple of times over the past weeks but they are never close enough for me to get a photo. What the heck, it will have to be an ebc.

And I'm confident of the ID because a kind man with a very expensive Swarovski scope and much greater knowledge than me pointed it out.

 

#169 - Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea - (FTP # 70)

Lodge Marshes, ramsholt, Suffolk. UK. Sep 2020

 

curlew-sandpiper.jpg.ca09e80924abeb3524a2ec27b3735412.jpg

 

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before I sign off for the day, am I correct in thinking this is a Linnet?

 

Linnet

 

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2 hours ago, Soukous said:

am I correct in thinking this is a Linnet?

Yes!

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17 hours ago, Galana said:

Yes!

 

Thank you. Darned things keep changing their colours

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isn't it always the way? Once you've found a bird you seem to see it again, even when you are not looking for it.

Having ticked off the Whinchat, I was actually looking for something else and, to be honest, when this bird flew up in front of me I just started taking photos without knowing what it was.

Of course it was another Whinchat.

 

Whinchat

 

Whinchat

 

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but my real quarry was just a bit further down the track. This beautiful young bird has been in the same area for a few days now and I was waiting in the hope that the number of people going to view it might have diminished. Hah!

Not to worry, it was still there and being pretty accommodating. Although with so many people around I thought it wise not to try and get too close, so these are huge crops.

 

#170 - Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio - (FTP #71)

East Lane, Bawdsey, Suffolk. Sept 2020

 

Red-backed Shrike

 

Red-backed Shrike

 

Red-backed Shrike

 

Red-backed Shrike

 

Red-backed Shrike

 

This young bird has certainly stirred up a lot of interest locally. The sheer size of some of the lenses that were on show was positively intimidating. All of them too large and heavy to use without a tripod, so people were lugging them along as well. 

Some people has equipment that was worth more than my car - OK that's not saying a lot but you get what I mean; we're talking 10's of thousands of Pounds.

 

 

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 Very good photos in spite of the crowd and the crops! And a good one to get, of course.

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Well done.

4 hours ago, Soukous said:

Some people has equipment that was worth more than my car -

Ha. My car is 17 years old and does what I want. One flat tyre in all that time.

I feel the same way about cameras too.

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Another gorgeous morning on the Suffolk coast, but no new species to count.

Lots of repeats though, and some of them gave better shots than previously.

 

Northern Wheatear, a female again.

Northern Wheatear-f

 

Northern Wheatear-f

 

and some Meadow Pipits

Meadow Pipit

 

Meadow Pipit

 

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It is always a special moment when I get a 'like' from @Galana and he has not seen it necessary to correct my IDs. :D

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1 hour ago, Soukous said:

he has not seen it necessary to correct my IDs

Enjoy the moment. Your Meadow Pipits passed with flying (or perched) colours. Even the spelling:D

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2 hours ago, Galana said:

 Even the spelling:D

Fred's sulking really:D:D

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Not only a gorgeous morning, but gorgeous photos as well!

 

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I couldn't resist taking advantage of an unseasonably warm day and had a wander along the Deben. Just like summer. 

Sadly although the weather was wonderful, the birding was sparse.

Nothing but repeats. 

 

A Northern Lapwing

Northern Lapwing / Peewit

 

A Curlew

Curlew

 

A Redshank. We seem to have an invasion of Redshanks at the moment. I've been so used to seeing them as solitary birds it is starnge to see them gathered in numbers.

Redshanks

 

Common Redshank

 

and a Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

 

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