A Photographic Post

Hi, Today’s post is just going to be a selection of photos (sorry), these were all taken Yesterday (Wednesday 11th May) on the patch, but I have a bit of OU Course work that I need to get written so have very little time to compose a post that would do things justice. Suffice to say it was grey and wet all day and apart from the photos and company of some 300 House Martins and around 100 Common Swift the only other passage bird was a Dunlin.

This post does contain some of my best photos ever (Hopefully you’ll agree but the Hobby photos are pretty special!) and it goes without saying this is a VERY photo heavy post (48 including the title photo).

A Photographic Post

Some of these are interesting (I think) crops and it should be noted it was overcast all day and raining heavily at times. I’ve tried grouping each bird in it’s own section for ease.

Canada Goose

Canada Goose Swimming

Canada Goose in flight

Canada Goose on Nest (she is nesting right next to the path)

Canada Goose in flight

Canada Goose in flight

Mute Swan

Mute Swans in flight (panorama effect)

Tufted Duck

Tufted Duck (male) swimming

Tufted Duck (male) swimming

Tufted Duck (male) swimming

Tufted Duck (male) swimming

Tufted Duck coming in to Land

Female and Male Tufted Duck in Flight

Female and Male Tufted Duck in Flight

Great Crested Grebe

Male and Female Great Crested Grebe (I only know because they were mating)

Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Little Grebe

Little Grebe coming in to land on water

Little Grebe running on water

Little Egret

Little Egret in Flight

Little Egret in Flight

Little Egret in the rain

Little Egret with incoming Lapwing

Little Egret under attack from Lapwing

Herring Gull

Herring Gull in flight

Hobby

Hobby hunting

Hobby eating on the Wing

Action shot of a Hobby catching something

Hobby Banking

Hobby Head on

Hobby Head on

Hobby Head on

Hobby banking up close (different photo to earlier he was much closer)

Common Swift

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift in flight

Common Swift screeching

Common Swift in flight closest shot

Pied Wagtail

Pied Wagtail

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