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Tag Archives: Starling
Creating Content in the Sunshine…
What is a man to do? He needs a large number of digital images to test something. He has already used a number of low-quality Jpegs. Now he needs full fat 61 MP images. He could just run the shutter … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Aircraft, Blue Sky, bright spring afternoon, garden, Jackdaw, Red Kite, Spring, Starling
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Gloomy days ahead…
From the freezing blast of full sun we’re now back to standard winter fare…gloomy gray days. Perhaps the only good thing is that as everyday passes we get around 1 minute extra sunlight per day. This lead me to sit … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Winter
Tagged Birds, Blue Tit, Gloomy, Jackdaw, Reed Bunting, Robing, Sony 200x600 mm Lens, Sony A7CR, Starling, winter
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Cloudbusting…
It’s a nice day so I thought I would sit out in the garden and see what happens…
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bird, garden, Great Tit, Parus major, Starling
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Bird Song
As I prepare this for publications my world is surrounded by birdsong. There are far worse background noises in the world at the moment.
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Birds, Blue Tit, garden, Great Tit, Magpie, photography, Spring, Starling
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Sitting in the Garden…
I know all these empowering guru suggest that you should grab the day, get out an see the world or whatever passes for inspirational nonsense at the moment. Well I say nonsense. You can’t beat just sitting in your garden … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Birds, Birdsong, Blackbird, Blue Tit, garden, Greenfinch, Robin, Spring, Starling
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Round, Round Round…
There was a time many years ago that I could set my watch by the RAF. 14:55 hrs every weekday, the RAF at Cottesmore* didn’t fly on weekends nor bank holidays, three tornadoes would come shouting up the Mease valley … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography
Tagged A10, Bird Photography, Blue Tit, Cold War, F15, F16, Feral Pigeon, garden, photography, RAF Cottemsore, Starling, Wood Pigeon
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Garden Bench Photographer….
Sunny summer morning. Feed the birds and time just to relax on the garden bench, watch the world go by and perhaps take a few photographs. The usual suspects devoured the mealworms then the Wren started to put on a … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography
Tagged Bird Photography, garden, Starling, Summer, Wren
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Strange Old Day….
Most of the day I’ve been trying to capture the resident Wren singing and failing spectacularly! I know this sounds paranoid but I could swear they little bugger is doing it on purpose…in fact I write this I can hear … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Blue Tit, DSLR, garden, Greenfinch, photography, Sony 200x600 mm Lens, Sony A7 R Mk 3, Starling, Summer, Wildlife Photography, Woodpigeon
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There Goes the Neighbourhood….
Perhaps they’re a happy family – it’s just that they’re so loud! Or perhaps they’re a right pain in the neck with the kids tuning on the adults. Either way you know it when a family of Starlings descend on … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bird feeder, Birds, garden, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Noise, photography, Squabble, Starling, Summer, Wren
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Spring’s Soggy Edges….
What a strange spring we are living through this year. Early spring was all warm and promise but as the dog days of the season come along we endure overcast dampness. Yet all around the garden is alive with life. … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blackbird, Flowers, Fungus, Starling, Toad Stoll
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