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Thursday, October 15, 2015

There be dragons

Black Tailed Skimmer Dragonfly

1/640 @ f10, ISO 800, 300mm

Thursday, September 5, 2013

There was a lot of activity at Thornton reservoir yesterday, masses of Coots collected near the fall on the north west end. I don't know the collective noun for coots - maybe it should be a 'belligerence of coots' because where more than two are collected there is usually a fight. This time though there was peace, during an hour or so watching there were only a couple of short chases.

1/640 @ 6.3, iso 400, 400mm

I just missed a bee coming out of the Bind weed flower and was just about to leave when this hoverfly obliged.

1/1000 @ 6.3, iso 400, 400mm

These two Scaup females were mixed in with the coots and later were joined by six more. There was obviously something attracting them, they didn't seem to be feeding any more than normal.

1/800 @ 6.3, iso 400, 400mm

1/500 @ 6.3, iso 400, 400mm

Like the Coots, this Migrant Hawker (I think that's what it is, the brown shoulders don't seem to fit anything else) didn't behave normally, they are usually too fast for a picture but this one settled right in front of us.

All photos taken on a

Canon EOS7d, EF 100 - 400mm L series lens

Friday, September 2, 2011

Where have all the birdies gone - 1 sept 2011

I'm having difficulties finding interesting birds at the moment, several walks round Watermead, Blackbrook and Thornton and all I have to show for it is A few Butterfly pics and a Dragonfly. I may have to try something different in the future if things don't pick up.

However there were quite a few Speckled Woods fluttering by yesterday.