Tdgraves 11th big year 2024

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 16/2/24

 

Canon R3, EF 200-400 f/4 with 1.4x extender, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/1000

 

015A4462 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

30) House sparrow

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 16/2/24

 

Canon R3, EF 200-400 f/4 with 1.4x extender, ISO 3200, f5.6, 1/1250

 

015A4455 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

31) Tree sparrow

[Tdgraves]

WWT Welney, Norfolk, 16/2/24

 

Canon R3, EF 200-400 f/4 with 1.4x extender, ISO 1000, f5.6, 1/1000, EV +2/3

 

015A4492 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

32) Rock dove

[TonyQ]

Nice additions. I only just noticed you have a new camera (R3).

I hope you have a lot of fun with it!

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @TonyQit was an unexpected gift. I am getting used to it - two weeks in the Kruger and I just about worked everything out…

[Peter Connan]

I know Mallards are often considered almost a pest (like Gyppos here), but they really are pretty birds.

Great work on this batch!

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @Peter Connan

[Tdgraves]

I just found an unprocessed folder from January. I think I had split it in two and then promptly forgot about it as I left for RSA...

 

Cottenham Long Drove, Cambridgeshire, 9/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/2000

 

D14I8054 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

33) Red kite

[Tdgraves]

There is a rubbish dump/recycling centre, so there are often large flocks of gulls and other birds flying around, but you cannot get any closer than the road to the site. This sort of thing....

 

D14I8101 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

D14I8161 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

D14I8169 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

D14I8177 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

a bit like a Cambridgeshire spectacular!!

[Tdgraves]

Onto the ones which I positively identified...

 

Cottenham Long Drove, Cambridgeshire, 9/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/2500

 

D14I8133 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

34) Herring gull (and friends)

[Tdgraves]

Cottenham Long Drove, Cambridgeshire, 9/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/4000

 

D14I8140 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

35) Common gull

[Tdgraves]

Cottenham Long Drove, Cambridgeshire, 9/1/24

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/2000, EV +2/3

 

D14I8123 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

Canon 1DX mark III, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/3200, EV +2/3

 

D14I8216 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

36) Great black-backed gull

[Tdgraves]

There were apparently Caspian and glaucous gulls around, so if anyone cares to do the "Where's Wally?" puzzle above to find one, please let me know!

 

I guess this is a juvenile something or other....

 

D14I8132 by tdgraves, on Flickr

[michael-ibk]

Great Scaup photo, have only ever seen them from a distance. 

[Tdgraves]

Thanks @michael-ibkmy closet sighting as well!

[Galana]

A classic portrait of the Scaup. All field marks gin clear.

[Tdgraves]

The weather has finally broken, so I have left the house. Although it sounds like I missed out on some excellent starling murmurations literally down the road from my house due to this lassitude!

 

RSPB Ouse Fen, Cambridgeshire, 22/3/24

 

Canon R3, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/5000, EV -1

 

015A5030 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

37) Great cormorant

Edited March 27 by Tdgraves
typo

[Tdgraves]

RSPB Ouse Fen, Cambridgeshire, 22/3/24

 

Canon R3, 100-400 mark II, ISO 2500, f5.6, 1/1000, EV +1/3

 

015A5126 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

38) Canada goose

[Tdgraves]

This is my first photo of this species for years, so please forgive the distance involved! There were at least 4 individuals present and I was happy with just hearing them booming, until this happened, 2 in one frame (with the active gravel works in the background).

 

RSPB Ouse Fen, Cambridgeshire, 22/3/24

 

Canon R3, 100-400 mark II, ISO 1000, f7.1, 1/1000

 

015A5067 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

39) Eurasian bittern

[Tdgraves]

And some nice sunsets, just because...

 

015A5104 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5127 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5146 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5160 by tdgraves, on Flickr

[Tdgraves]

I managed to have free time at the exact break in the weather yestday. Mostly obtained duplicates, but saw my first blackcap of the season (photo not great though, so holding out for better)

 

Milton Country Park, Cambridgeshire, 26/3/24

 

Canon R3, 100-400 mark II, ISO 640, f7.1, 1/1250

 

015A5285 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

40) Greylag goose

[Tdgraves]

Milton Country Park, Cambridgeshire, 26/3/24

 

Canon R3, 100-400 mark II, ISO 500, f7.1, 1/1000

 

015A5369 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

41) Eurasian magpie

[Tdgraves]

And the duplicates, as the sun came out

 

015A5234 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5251 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5304 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5316 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5373 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5392 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5396 by tdgraves, on Flickr

 

015A5412 by tdgraves, on Flickr

[TonyQ]

Any photos of a Bittern are good photos!

[Peter Connan]

Beautiful close-ups!