Re: Bugboys mission
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:22 pm
18th March,
Since winter came back with vengeance there was nothing for it but take my new lens out for another test drive with birds in mind. I figured I’d go the London wetlands Centre again and see if I could get some better pictures of some of the residents. Bitterns it would seem had heard about my new lens and were all in hiding (or gone to wherever they spend the summer), none were seen whilst I was there.
Despite the wintry scenery the signs of spring were there to be seen, Great-crested Grebes were all now sporting breeding plumage And a pair of Sand Martin had turned up to get first dibs on the artificial sand bank. Although the Bitterns were all in hiding, a Common Snipe was putting on a really good show, practically showing off as though it was auditioning for the front cover of the Snipe edition of Vogue! At the other end of the reserve (not auditioning for Snipe Vogue) were a couple of it’s smaller, less common relative, the Jack Snipe. I also managed a slightly confusing image, where does one Gull end and the other begin
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A quiet but pleasant day but with April less than two weeks away I just hope winter ends soon!
Since winter came back with vengeance there was nothing for it but take my new lens out for another test drive with birds in mind. I figured I’d go the London wetlands Centre again and see if I could get some better pictures of some of the residents. Bitterns it would seem had heard about my new lens and were all in hiding (or gone to wherever they spend the summer), none were seen whilst I was there.
Despite the wintry scenery the signs of spring were there to be seen, Great-crested Grebes were all now sporting breeding plumage And a pair of Sand Martin had turned up to get first dibs on the artificial sand bank. Although the Bitterns were all in hiding, a Common Snipe was putting on a really good show, practically showing off as though it was auditioning for the front cover of the Snipe edition of Vogue! At the other end of the reserve (not auditioning for Snipe Vogue) were a couple of it’s smaller, less common relative, the Jack Snipe. I also managed a slightly confusing image, where does one Gull end and the other begin
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