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Canon EOS 7d, ef 100 - 400mm L lens
1/50 @ 5.6, iso 400, 400mm |
A visit to Kelham Bridge proved quite interesting, the first hide there was some activity on the water but a young mother arrived and pointing sideways through the viewing window whispered to her child "look there, it's a pheasant."
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Canon EOS 7d, ef 100 - 400mm L lens
1/64 @ 5.6, iso 400, 400mm |
I had been so distracted by the water that I hadn't noticed the bird feeders under the trees to my right. The female pheasant, being too big and ungainly to hang from the feeders was scavenging for anything the smaller birds and squirrel might drop.
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Canon EOS 7d, ef 100 - 400mm L lens
1/125 @ 5.6, iso 800, 400mm |
The acrobatics of the squirrel were next to catch our attention as he climbed all over the swinging basket of nuts.
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Canon EOS 7d, ef 100 - 400mm L lens
1/125 @ 5.6, iso 800, 400mm |
He was mobbed several times by a coal tit, unfortunately the tit was flying so fast and from different angles and I didn't manage to get a picture of it hitting the squirrel.
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Canon EOS 7d, ef 100 - 400mm L lens
1/125 @ 5.6, iso 800, 400mm |
You would think it would hurt the bird more than the squirrel, but the tit was clever and only seemed to hit the ears and the tail, enough to be annoying but not hurt itself.
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Canon EOS 7d, ef 100 - 400mm L lens
1/100 @ 5.6, iso 800, 400mm |
The Blue Tits were quite happy with the fat balls and kept away from the squirrel.
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Canon EOS 7d, ef 100 - 400mm L lens
1/500 @ 5.6, iso 800, 400mm |
The sun started to slip from the sky and I was thinking about leaving when I noticed a Moorhen trying to pull out a feed
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Canon EOS 7d, ef 100 - 400mm L lens
1/25 @ 5.6, iso 800, 400mm, flash |
On the way back to the car, I could see a shadow in the bushes which seemed to be keeping pace with us. So I let Maja and Skipper walk on ahead and as I waited, this Robin popped out onto a post.
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