Wildlife

Tuckton trip

I used a recent trip to Tuckton to continue putting the new Canon gear (7D Mark II, 100-400 IS II lens, 1.4x extneder) through its paces, yielding a few more pleasing results. This time the lion share of photo’s are of birds in flight.

Beginning with this Seagull.

Seagull in flight
Seagull in flight

Also a Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) made a fly by.

Grey Heron in flight
Grey Heron in flight

followed by a flock of Godwits

Godwits in flight
Godwits in flight
Godwits in flight (2)
Godwits in flight (2)

A while later I sighted a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) walking across the flood plain a short distance away, and I decided to stop as had a feeling that it was going to take flight. This decision proved to be the right one as shown by these next two photo’s.

Little Egret in flight
Little Egret in flight
Little Egret landing
Little Egret landing

The other wildlife on show that day were a Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), a pair of Magpies (Pica pica), and a possible Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus).

Mute Swan
Mute Swan
Pair of Magpies
Pair of Magpies
Firecrest
Firecrest

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I have been shooting nature with Olympus digital & Olympus OM camera gear on film since 2004

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