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The local heron was rather active today, giving me the opportunity to test my new camera, having spent the past week adjusting the autofocus. There was a break in the dull weather with an hour of decent light this afternoon. Scientific name: Ardea cinerea
Dutch name: Blauwe Reiger
English name: Grey Heron
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 13 Jan 2013
Posted: Sun 13 Jan 2013, 18:56
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For the first time for me, a grey heron decided to come close to the hide, and display his wings. The birds clearly knew it was New Year and we photographers needed encouragement. Scientific name: Ardea cinerea
Dutch name: Blauwe Reiger
English name: Grey Heron
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 01 Jan 2013
Posted: Tue 01 Jan 2013, 21:02
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The start to the year continued well as I managed to catch the kingfisher flying from his perch at a sufficiently high shutter speed. Scientific name: Alcedo atthis
Dutch name: IJsvogel
English name: Common Kingfisher
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 01 Jan 2013
Posted: Tue 01 Jan 2013, 20:58
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To start the year, I visited my local RSPB reserve, hoping the kingfisher would also visit. He was obliging and I managed to get my sharpest photo yet as the afternoon sun was in a good position. Scientific name: Alcedo atthis
Dutch name: IJsvogel
English name: Common Kingfisher
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 01 Jan 2013
Posted: Tue 01 Jan 2013, 20:54
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A couple of these were swimming with the wild mallards in Lackford Lakes, near Cambridge. Are they a variety of a bibbed duck? Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos
Dutch name: Wilde Eend
English name: Mallard
Place: Lackford Lakes
Date: 15 Dec 2012
Posted: Sun 16 Dec 2012, 10:43
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jacob k. suggested that http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=340728 would be a better composition if I hadn't placed the swan in the centre. As I am only a beginner, I have taken his advice and posting a similar photo that I could crop to have the neck at 1/3rd in and the head at an intersection of 1/3rd lines. Is it more interesting? Scientific name: Cygnus olor
Dutch name: Knobbelzwaan
English name: Mute Swan
Place: Lackford Lakes
Date: 13 Oct 2012
Posted: Thu 13 Dec 2012, 16:57
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The lighting was very strange. The swan was brilliant white and the water very dark. The correct exposure for the swan made the water appear black. The white flecks are not dust spots but some small floaters reflecting light. Scientific name: Cygnus olor
Dutch name: Knobbelzwaan
English name: Mute Swan
Place: Lackford Lakes
Date: 13 Oct 2012
Posted: Wed 12 Dec 2012, 20:54
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I am superman, the king fisher of the mere, master of all the little fish below me. Scientific name: Alcedo atthis
Dutch name: IJsvogel
English name: Common Kingfisher
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 25 Nov 2012
Posted: Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:32
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It was a very grey day at Rye Meads and not good for photographing the wildfowl. But, just as we were leaving there some reddish afternoon wintry that lit up a Robin in a tree so I swung up my camera to get a perfectly focussed shot through the branches. Scientific name: Erithacus rubecula
Dutch name: Roodborst
English name: European Robin
Place: Rye Meads, Hertfordshire
Date: 09 Dec 2012
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2012, 18:22
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I was surprised to see a duck walking on water. There must have been a very thin film of ice, but impressive. Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos
Dutch name: Wilde Eend
English name: Mallard
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 01 Dec 2012
Posted: Mon 03 Dec 2012, 16:48
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The 3 gulls were sitting on the fence like the 3 wise monkeys: Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. Scientific name: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Dutch name: Kokmeeuw
English name: Black-headed Gull
Place: River Cam, Cambridge
Date: 02 Dec 2012
Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 23:29
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The Mallard is walking on a very thin film of ice and is deciding where to go next. Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos
Dutch name: Wilde Eend
English name: Mallard
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 01 Dec 2012
Posted: Sat 01 Dec 2012, 23:52
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I was surprised to see a duck walking on water. There must have been a very thin film of ice, but impressive. Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos
Dutch name: Wilde Eend
English name: Mallard
Place: Fowlmere
Date: 31 Dec 2012
Posted: Sat 01 Dec 2012, 19:22
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Eventually, it was time to swallow the poor little fish. The greedy bird then started all over again Scientific name: Alcedo atthis
Dutch name: IJsvogel
English name: Common Kingfisher
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 25 Nov 2012
Posted: Sun 25 Nov 2012, 19:14
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The kingfisher was at the very end of my range, but he played with the fish for a while before swallowing it. Here, he threw it up in the air. Scientific name: Alcedo atthis
Dutch name: IJsvogel
English name: Common Kingfisher
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 25 Nov 2012
Posted: Sun 25 Nov 2012, 19:00
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The afternoon sun was low in the sky and a kingfisher hovered over the lake. He dived right under the water to catch what looks like a small perch. Scientific name: Alcedo atthis
Dutch name: IJsvogel
English name: Common Kingfisher
Place: Fowlmere, Cambridge
Date: 25 Nov 2012
Posted: Sun 25 Nov 2012, 18:58
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Today was my first outing for several weeks. Lots of swans and Pochards in Welney. Then this Little Grebe was very active, and I didn't see the fish in his mouth until I downloaded. Scientific name: Tachybaptus ruficollis
Dutch name: Dodaars
English name: Little Grebe
Place: Welney
Date: 03 Nov 2012
Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2012, 16:01
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Cormorant looking as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. "I am just a slow old bird who wouldn't dream of catching a big fish." Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo
Dutch name: Aalscholver
English name: Great Cormorant
Place: Welney
Date: 22 Sep 2012
Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 20:46
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Frank Kremer wanted eye contact with the cormorant. Here it is. You can just make out the eye of the pike, almost exactly below the cormorant. Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo
Dutch name: Aalscholver
English name: Great Cormorant
Place: Welney
Date: 22 Sep 2012
Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 20:33
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It took about 1.5 minutes for the Cormorant to swallow the fish. This was taken 1 minute after the Cormorant tossed it up inot the air. Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo
Dutch name: Aalscholver
English name: Great Cormorant
Place: Welney
Date: 22 Sep 2012
Posted: Sun 23 Sep 2012, 13:53
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