A pictorial diary of my walks around the parks and wild areas of Leicestershire, and occasionally farther afield.

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Friday, October 5, 2012

A Couple of common birds 5 October 2012

There's still not much in the way of variety around, but here are a couple of birds I took the other day.

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/1000 @ f6.3, iso 800, 400mm
This one looks unusual, but a close look reveals it is a Mallard hybrid. The amount of different mallard Hybrids I see they must be the most promiscuous of birds.

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/2656 @ f6.3, iso 400, 100mm
I always like to see a Mute Swan at full sail, this one was trying to scare off the other birds from food that some children were throwing for them.
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