As Richard was unavailable I decided as I was still not feeling 100 % to have a less strenuous visit out so I drove our normal route through our Little Owl Sites and saw a bird at Site No. 6, this was a real bonus not having seen any birds for several visits out. After this I carried on through our normal route and met up with the farmer {an Irish gent} on whose land Sites 10 and 11 are situated. Telling him we were not seeing any birds in the normal areas he told me he was still seeing plenty of the Little Fellas and was also seeing large numbers of big owls as he called them on the other side of his farm so things are probably not as bad as we have been thinking.
After this I headed for Eyebrook Reservoir for an easy afternoon and some decent images of anything??
It was not a busy but very interesting afternoon and the results follow.
AND AT LAST!!!!!!!!!
After this I headed for Eyebrook Reservoir for an easy afternoon and some decent images of anything??
It was not a busy but very interesting afternoon and the results follow.
Kestrel near Little Owl Site No. 6. As I approached the Little Owl Site I saw this bird sat in the top of the tree and could not resist an image. |
This bird decided to do an about turn and flew parallel to the road where I was parked making life a little easier, it was however still a good distance out over the water. |
AND THEN THE BIGGEST BIRD OF THE DAY.
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The aircrew on a test flight, the cockpit is not built for comfort. Somewhat different to our modern aircraft. |
Young Male having a quick look out before going back into the box and eventually coming out about an hour later when totally dark. |
A real struggle getting this image when he finally decided to appear, everything was flashing on the camera saying too dark. |
Another evening and a little earlier but still shooting at silly ISO numbers. |
AND AT LAST!!!!!!!!!