Late 2003
All unspecified images taken at Chew Valley Lake in Avon

Image LinkPeregrine (adult)

Image LinkAnother odd gull (4th winter?)

Image LinkOdd gull at Chew (3rd winter)

Image LinkGreenfinch (male) Peasedown St. John

Image LinkCommon Snipe

Image Link
Stonechat (female)

Image LinkCommon Gull (1st-winter)

Image LinkShoveler (male)

Image LinkMerlin ad. female or immature

Image LinkLong-tailed Tit Stoney Littleton

Image LinkAmerican Golden Plover (bottom right) & aberrant Golden Plover with bleached primaries (inset) Blagdon

Image LinkWater Pipit

Image Link Image LinkShoveler (female) & (male)

Image LinkKingfisher (female)

Image LinkBewick's Swans

Image LinkGrey Wagtail Inglesbatch

Image LinkWhite-headed Duck (juv.)

Image LinkCarrion Crow dropping mussel to break into it

Image LinkAberrant Carrion Crow


Norfolk & Suffolk

Image Link Image LinkPectoral Sandpiper (juv) Kelling Water Meadows

Image LinkKestrel (male) Weybourne

Image LinkHouse Sparrow (male) Gt. Yarmouth

Image LinkStarlings Gt. Yarmouth

Image LinkWheatear Horsey

Image Link Image LinkGrey Heron (swallowing fish) Minsmere

Image LinkSpoonbills (juvs.) Benacre

Image LinkRuff Titchwell

Image LinkHornet Whitlingham


Somerset

Image LinkBrown Argus Peasedown St. John

Image LinkSpotted Crake & Water Rail (juv.)

Image LinkFox

Image LinkBlack-tailed Godwits (juvs.)

Image LinkBlack Terns

Image LinkRing-necked Duck (male eclipse)

Image LinkArctic Tern (juv.)

Image LinkTrio of juv. waders (Curlew Sandpiper, Ringed Plover & Dunlin)

Image LinkLong-winged Conehead (male) Peasedown St John

Image LinkBloody-nosed Beetle**

Nikon D1H
2003/08/27 17:08:20.3
RAW (12-bit) Lossless
Image Size:  2000 x 1312
Color
Lens: 300mm f2.8
Focal Length: 1200mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
1/160 sec - f/16
Exposure Comp.: +1.7 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 500
White Balance: Direct sunlight
AF Mode: ManualWhite-headed Duck (imm.)(700m distant)

Image LinkEgyptian Goose

Image LinkBlue-winged Teal (female)

Image LinkBlack-tailed Godwit (juv.)

Image LinkClouded Yellow* (male)

Image Link Image Linkleucistic Lesser Black-backed Gull

Image LinkCommon Sandpiper (adult)

Image LinkWood Sandpiper (juv.)

1/320sec - f/8 ISO 500Green Sandpiper (adult)

Image LinkBlack-headed Gull (juv.)

1/750sec - f/? ISO 250Grey Heron

1/350sec - f/? ISO 250 1/125sec - f/? ISO 250Broad-bodied Chaser

1/750sec - f/? ISO 250Common Tern

1/2500sec - f/8 ISO 250 300 mmSwift

1/800sec - f/? ISO 250Black-tailed Skimmer

1/250sec - f/? ISO 250Dunlin

1/400sec - f/? ISO 4006-spot Burnet Priddy Mineries

1/60 sec - f/32 ISO 400Green Tiger Beetle Priddy Mineries

1/160 sec - f/? ISO 320Downy Emerald Priddy Mineries

1/320 sec - f/? ISO 320Large Red Damselflies Priddy Mineries

1/640 sec - f/? ISO 320Green Woodpecker (female) Peasedown

1/640 sec - f/? ISO 320Canvasback X Pochard (hybrid)

Image LinkRuddy Darter feeling the heat

1/125sec - f/16 ISO 250 1200mmRed-crested Pochard hybrid? (female)

*These images have been altered digitally more than mere exposure and sharpness
**As above but pixels in the bird have been involved
 

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