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Very late to the party this year, but extremely surprised that this is now my eleventh year! I thought I could at least start before we went to the Kruger on 11th Jan, but life intervened. Unlike lots of BY entrants, I will not be starting with a waxwing, as I have never seen one (I haven't really been actively looking since they arrived). I will however start with one which is often missing off of the list, captured on New Year's Day, so perhaps a good omen for the rest of the year....

 

RSPB Ouse Fen, 1/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 4000, f5.6, 1/800

 

53436160060_29052e432f_k.jpgD14I7445-Enhanced-NR by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

53434813927_c06cae298b_k.jpgD14I7444-Enhanced-NR by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

1) Bearded reedling

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RSPB Ouse Fen, 1/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/2000

 

53434817462_b30ff99b79_k.jpgD14I7409-Enhanced-NR by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/1600

 

53436173435_fbb97edba6_k.jpgD14I7406-Enhanced-NR by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

2) Grey heron

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RSPB Ouse Fen, 1/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 2500, f7.1, 1/2000

 

53434809522_e2c06f3441_k.jpgD14I7428-2 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

3) Great white egret

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RSPB Ouse Fen, 1/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1600, f7.1, 1/8000

 

53436156000_33b2c6c2dd_k.jpgD14I7461 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

4) Common buzzard

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RSPB Ouse Fen, 1/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 2500, f5.6, 1/3200

 

53435880443_fb49abaad4_k.jpgD14I7451-2 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

5) Reed bunting

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RSPB Ouse Fen, 1/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/800

 

53434824872_d172ad6cab_k.jpgD14I7404-Enhanced-NR by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

6) European stonechat

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It was quite quiet bird wise, so I resorted to the scenery

 

53436156780_f957e1d697_k.jpgD14I7468 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

53436158100_ab28fa45ef_k.jpgD14I7472 by tdgraves, on Flickr

Posted

We went for a walk on 4/1/24 forgetting that the other local reserve floods in the winter, so we couldn't get as far as we wanted to

 

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 4/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1250, f7.1, 1/1600

 

53443636991_0e6423fd53_k.jpgD14I7490 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

7) Fieldfare

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RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 4/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1250, f7.1, 1/2500

 

53443637376_1bbf3b9e53_k.jpgD14I7496 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

8) Common starling

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RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 4/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1250, f7.1, 1/1250

 

53442713182_8254aab0db_k.jpgD14I7493 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

9) Eurasian blue tit

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RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 4/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1250, f7.1, 1/2500

 

53444051585_cebc08bf62_k.jpgD14I7500 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

10) Carrion crow

michael-ibk
Posted

Good to see you in again. Bearded Reedling is a great bird to start with.

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RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 4/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1250, f7.1, 1/1600

 

53442713527_53a638572e_k.jpgD14I7507 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

11) Eurasian wren

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RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 4/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1250, f7.1, 1/1600

 

53443959389_746ccf2dbc_k.jpgD14I7514 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

12) Grey wagtail

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RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 4/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/4000

 

53443777973_d784c6f764_k.jpgD14I7530 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

13) Northern lapwing

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RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 4/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/1250

 

53444052935_98db244c1e_k.jpgD14I7539 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

14) Cetti's warbler

Posted

Good to see a start with a good contender for EBC. That Reed Bunting scores well.

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3 minutes ago, Galana said:

Good to see a start with a good contender for EBC. That Reed Bunting scores well.

I liked the colours....

Kitsafari
Posted

what a brilliant bird to launch your 11th BY! it's only mid-Feb - not late at all. 

BRACQUENE
Posted

Welcome back and what a bird to start and to end with !

Posted

Thanks @Kitsafari and @BRACQUENE

Posted

Good start! I like the Starling photo 

Posted

The sun was out again the following weekend, so we went for a walk. Unfortunately, there was only one to add to the list

 

RSPB Ouse Fen, 7/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/2500

 

53449399860_5aaebb7ee4_k.jpgD14I7548 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

53449109638_f7b18ac95a_k.jpgD14I7554 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

15) Mute swan

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These guys ran across the access road in front of us as we arrived, but were far away by the time I grabbed my camera from the back seat

 

53448061422_97be1ab0e2_k.jpgD14I7541 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

And one for @Galana to make up for the "EBC"

 

53448985936_11c1dc4906_k.jpgD14I7547 by tdgraves, on Flickr

Posted

Milton Country Park, Cambridgeshire, 9/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/8000 (I had just moved from the shade into the sun :wacko:)

 

53452802587_d308836c0b_k.jpgD14I7712 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

16) European robin

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