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Friday 4th October - North Norfolk

Monday 7th October 2024

Tanzania Day 8 - The Serengeti

Saturday 5th October 2024

Two trips out with little to show.

Wednesday 25th September 2024

Tanzania Day 7 - The Serengeti

Monday 23rd September 2024

Abberton Reservoir - again

Thursday 19th September 2024

Abberton Essex

Wednesday 11th September 2024

A morning at Grafham Water

Thursday 29th August 2024

After holiday blues

Thursday 22nd August 2024

Trying out a new lens

Monday 5th August 2024

Tanzania Day 5 - Ngorogoro Crater

Saturday 27th July 2024

Kevin Robson's Tawny Owl hide

Thursday 25th July 2024

Local stuff

Saturday 20th July 2024

More local stuff

Saturday 29th June 2024

Catching up with a local rarity

Friday 14th June 2024

Tanzania - Day 1 - Arusha

Monday 13th May 2024

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Monday 9th June 2014

An update on a few days a week or so ago when all I had time for was quick trips out locally.

30th May to Wicken Fen to see if I could photograph a Cuckoo. Three were around, two males and a female, but the closest one came was 70/80 metres away so a heavily cropped shot was all I could manage.

On the way home, a male Roe Deer showed close to the road.

and that was the end of a diappointing couple of hours.

2nd June saw me back at Wicken Fen again. This time I managed to get quite close to the Cuckoos except for the fact that they were always on the wrong side of the hedge or tree and made a rapid exit as soon as I showed. To be expected but flying off calling 'Cuckoo' made me feel quite the idiot!!!

Giving up again, I made my way to the car park, only to see one perched on a post and this time it did not fly. SUCCESS!!!

Still cropped but by far my best shot of the species so far.

4th June I noticed some fledglings in the garden so tried those. A juvenile Robin showed well - one bred in the garden.

and some Blue Tits from next doors garden

and the usual greedy Starling that decides to bring the brood of 6 it raised in my house roof to my fat ball feeders in the early morning and cleaning them out before I get up.

Still, Starlings are now endangered so I must not complain.

Since this day was my birthday and the family had plans, it was a short session.