New Toy

I bought a new camera last week with the intention of taking record shots for this blog. I don't really know what I'm doing yet but am impressed with these early results at the weekend (full account in previous post).



Common Buzzard soaring. Something odd going on with the primaries in the right wing.



Blackbird on roadside verge in Little Kelk.



House Sparrow carrying food in a Little Kelk garden.



Mallard among the vegetation of the drain at Gembling.



Pleasing shot of Painted Lady underwing.



Same Painted Lady posing on the road.



Drake Pochard having an afternoon nap. A scarce bird at this time of year.

All eight cygnets on Kelk Beck. I took several shot but this was the only one where you could see all the babes.

Chuffed with this shot - a Water Vole on Kelk Beck having a good munch on the water weed. After a few minutes it slipped off into the bankside vegetation.

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Crappy shot of Sand Martin. Not sure what it was doing but several of them were coming to land on this dusty track.

There's a Yellow Wagtail in there somewhere. Actually there were three together but the other two are just out of shot. Amazingly there was at least one more, maybe two in the vicinity. Despite trying none of the shots captured a good pose.

Last but not least a Hare sharing an afternoon snack with the local Woodpigeons.