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If you're like me there are some occasions when I’m out photographing birds that something happens to make one encounter more memorable than others.
It may have just been a chance encounter, something a little more planned such as a hide day, a trip to a specific location or a species never seen before. It also may not result in the best photograph but the encounter with the particular wildlife just stays with you.
Here’s four of mine, I’d love to hear yours ?
There is a well known location locally, top of a big hill, where Dotterel stop on their way north to breeding grounds in Scotland. I had never seen this species before but laden with camera gear made the climb more in hope than anything else as the birds tend to move on quickly. As it turned out there were several very confiding male and females which would come really close and allow stunning views. It certainly made the long slog worth it.
Along the coast from Benbecula Airport in the Outer Hebrides is a small inlet known to birdwatchers as “stinky bay” which certainly lives up to the name! It turns out it was a brilliant to watch and photograph waders in full summer plumage, even if it meant lying in amongst the smelly seaweed to get this Sanderling image.
The Roller was taken on a short stay in southern Spain, these stunning birds winter in Africa and return to the Mediterranean and Eastern European countries to breed. They can be very skittish and get difficult to get close to but I was lucky that one bird settled in a bush right next to where we had parked up in our hired car which meant some frantic snapping but resulted in one very happy photographer.
Finally the Spotted Flycatcher, a summer visitor to these shores. I was trying to photograph Martins and Swifts at a local river when a pair of Spotted Flycatchers appeared. It looked like there was a nest near by but they weren’t bothered at all by me and happily hunted insects for around an hour giving some great opportunities and close views.
It may have just been a chance encounter, something a little more planned such as a hide day, a trip to a specific location or a species never seen before. It also may not result in the best photograph but the encounter with the particular wildlife just stays with you.
Here’s four of mine, I’d love to hear yours ?
There is a well known location locally, top of a big hill, where Dotterel stop on their way north to breeding grounds in Scotland. I had never seen this species before but laden with camera gear made the climb more in hope than anything else as the birds tend to move on quickly. As it turned out there were several very confiding male and females which would come really close and allow stunning views. It certainly made the long slog worth it.
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Along the coast from Benbecula Airport in the Outer Hebrides is a small inlet known to birdwatchers as “stinky bay” which certainly lives up to the name! It turns out it was a brilliant to watch and photograph waders in full summer plumage, even if it meant lying in amongst the smelly seaweed to get this Sanderling image.
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The Roller was taken on a short stay in southern Spain, these stunning birds winter in Africa and return to the Mediterranean and Eastern European countries to breed. They can be very skittish and get difficult to get close to but I was lucky that one bird settled in a bush right next to where we had parked up in our hired car which meant some frantic snapping but resulted in one very happy photographer.
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Finally the Spotted Flycatcher, a summer visitor to these shores. I was trying to photograph Martins and Swifts at a local river when a pair of Spotted Flycatchers appeared. It looked like there was a nest near by but they weren’t bothered at all by me and happily hunted insects for around an hour giving some great opportunities and close views.
You can only see EXIF info for this image if you are logged in.
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