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[Soukous]

Well, as my trip to the Moray Firth has not turned up the plethora of new sightings for my BY that I had hoped I have had to resort to nabbing a few BIF shots.

 

 

Already on my BY list but this was the first time I've actually seen Whooper Swans in flight

 

Plenty of Gannets offshore

 

 

 

[PeterHG]

An excellent set of flight shots!

[Kitsafari]

excellent BIF shots!

[Soukous]

a few more Gannets from Moray Firth

 

 

 

 

and a young one

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2021 by Soukous

[Peter Connan]

Great shots @Soukous!

[Towlersonsafari]

look- an actual Bird in flight!   red kite taken today in low winter light and for what its worth olmpus omd em1 mk iii 300 f4 lens plus 1x4 converter 8oo iso

[Peter Connan]

Lovely shot!

[PeterHG]

 Beautiful Kite shot! With the same combination I am using.

[Towlersonsafari]

Thank you!  I had a fun 30 minutes with the roof down on the convertible  mini trying fool the kites into thinking I was just a parked car. a very manic one but it kind of worked 

[Soukous]

some Short-eared Owls, taken at Walberswick, Suffolk. Nikon D500 + 500mm EF lens

 

 

 

 

 

[Towlersonsafari]

i may have said this before elsewhere but -what splendid owls and owl photo's  @Soukous

[PeterHG]

I agree on both counts!

[Peter Connan]

Some really stunning shots @Soukous

[offshorebirder]

Excellent recent shots @Soukous and @Towlersonsafari

[offshorebirder]

This is a juvenile Black Skimmer that was learning how to skim back in November.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is an adult harassing an Osprey:

 

[PeterHG]

Great series of the Skimmer!

[Peter Connan]

Lovely shots Nathan!

[Soukous]

I love Skimmers @offshorebirderand yours don't disappoint

[Soukous]

A much more satisfying shot of Barnacle Geese flying overhead than my previous effort.

 

[Soukous]

I don't often bother photographing Gulls, but a bird in flight always catches my eye

 

I actually thought it might be a Baltic Gull, but no, just a Great Black-backed Gull

 

 

 

[Soukous]

I'm hoping to get better shots of White-tailed Eagles later in the year, but this will do as a place filler until then

 

 

[Soukous]

a few from around Lake Constance

 

White Stork

 

Grey Heron

 

Red Kite

 

[pomkiwi]

Three birds in flight 

 

 

A fight over food taken from a hide in Wiltshire last week.

 

Nikon Z6ii, Z100-400mm @ 220mm, f/7.1, 1/1250sec, ISO 450

[pomkiwi]

I chose this week to head to Cornwall to search for owls and maybe some harriers. Instead the weather has turned stormy and I'm building my portfolio of spectacular seas. I was distracted by some gulls fishing this afternoon and surprised to find hat this herring gull appears to be missing a leg!

 

 

Nikon Z6ii, Nikkor Z 100-400mm @ 400mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO 500

 

[PeterHG]

@pomkiwi: I love both shots! to have three birds interacting like that and catching them at it, requires a lot of skill and your seascape is certainly spectacular.