Martyn Pitt
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Cheers Ady I though he was, but thought I would check.
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Is this the same Fred Hughes that recorded on Vee Jay ?
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The reed bed is right in front of a hide, there were two Reed Buntings about 10m out from the hide, they were not easy to spot, the movement of the reed stem was the thing that gave their position away, indeed excellent camouflage. Snipe are tricky, I once watched one fly in towards the shoreline in front of me, all the way through the air, the moment it landed by some reeds and stood still I lost sight of it, until it moved. Owls are unbelievable, great bird bird, stands on a branch at the junction with the trunk and disappears from view
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I managed some shots of a female Reed Bunting munching on the Phragmites reeds
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It was early this morning, sun was low, sky was clear ... and it was freezing cold
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Saw a few ducks as well, some Gadwall & Shoveller
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I was watching a Blackbird eating berries today
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Steve the camera's sensor has been fooled, you need to be adding +EV 1 or 2 stops. Do you have any image processing software at all?
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Still one of my favourite tunes ... effortless performance from the young lass -
Talking of fish eating birds, this Cormorant had caught a small pike, which was proving a bit of a challenge to get down, it was at it for ages trying to eat it, eventually it gave up and flew off. Unfortunately it was all taking place on the far side of the reservoir so was a hell of a crop on the images, but you get the idea, just wish it had been closer to us so I could have got some better shots.
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We have a couple of Little Egret up at the reservoir, managed to get a few shots of this one
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No Dave ... I shall keep a look out for that now
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A nice pair of Goosander fly past ... a gentleman and his lady
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First met Tony in the early 90's always had a laugh and a joke with him, great guy, sad news indeed. Rest in peace old friend Martyn
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We got a Smew drop in, the regular birders reckoned there had not been many reported in the UK as yet, and this was probably the earliest we had had one at the reservoir. Trouble is they are easily spooked ... even by good looking Gloucestershire lads, so I only managed a quick backlit shot as it flew off to the middle of the reservoir. This was basically ground the tripod and camera and get one shot
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Loads flying in this morning .... Fieldfare for you
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A few flight shots from last weekend. 1st a Wood Pigeon, one of the many thousands that migrate here from Northern Europe and Scandinavia The bird with piercing blue eyes, a Jackdaw All aboard the Skylark Finally a Cormorant, one of 80 that flew into the reservoir, I am amazed there are any fish left
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A few years ago I was watching one stuffing itself with sloe berries, it got one stuck in it's throat, thought it was going to choke on it for a moment, until it finally forced it down. I never thought of them as being wary, probably just scared of dodgy northerners
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A Lesser Black Back gull having a go at a juvenile female Peregrine
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Rita & The Tiaras - Gone With The Wind "official Re-Issue"?
Martyn Pitt replied to a topic in Look At Your Box
There is a UK release on Destiny which I am sure is a legitimate re-issue, shouldn't cost more than £20 -
Black Headed Gull taking off and diving for food or anything that looks like food, and one coming in to land
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Horrible and grey this morning, meant shooting at high ISO speeds, still getting the Kingfisher on the post in the bay was a bonus, shame the light wasn't better but always nice to get one.
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A Wren from today
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They are spot on
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Having worked for 20 days straight, this was my first time out with the camera for a while. A lovely male Stonechat
