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Re: Recent birds
« Reply #210 on: June 11, 2011, 04:34:32 pm »
This is a few birds taken this week.

Arctic Tern.

Red Throated Diver.

And more unshown pics. of the Squacco Heron..

Arctic Tern.







Red Throated Diver.





Squacco Heron.









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Re: Recent birds. June 2011
« Reply #211 on: June 15, 2011, 07:20:47 pm »
A few birds taken in the last few days.

Great black backed gull.



Curlew in the rain ..







Arctic tern.











Razorbill.



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Re: Recent birds
« Reply #212 on: June 22, 2011, 04:47:26 am »
This is a few bird pictures taken in the last few days.

Golden plover, showing their wonderful camouflage..

Razorbill.

And Red Throated Diver, taken in the sea at Yell Sound..











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Re: Recent birds
« Reply #213 on: July 01, 2011, 07:37:06 am »
This is a few Arctic Skuas from yesterday. four pics.

But first... Unfortunatly, I met up with Simon Kings holiday tour, Unfortunatly because they spotted me waiting for the Otters to show at the Holt, and they lined up between my camera and the Holt. Spoiling the shoot, one guy had more sense and told them to back off, needless to say the Otters did'nt show..

Arctic Skua..









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Re: Recent birds.. 3rd. July 2011
« Reply #214 on: July 04, 2011, 07:13:04 am »
This is last nights pics of the Arctic Skua being lit by the golden sunset..











This pic. was only cropped and sharpened, the sunset did the rest..



Gannet, taken earlier on the same day..



And last.. Simon Kings last cruise round the northern isles. I took this picture from the pier. He is heading back to the UK mainland tonight..



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Re: Recent birds. 10th july 2011
« Reply #215 on: July 10, 2011, 02:35:25 pm »
All the birds in todays pics were taken along the coast between mainland shetland and yell island..

Arctic tern.



Common gull.



Great Skua & Gannet.



Light phase Artic Skua.





Puffin.



Arctic Terns.





Dark phase Arctic Skua.



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Re: Recent birds. Plunging Gannets.
« Reply #216 on: July 17, 2011, 10:18:58 am »
I took these Gannets a few days ago off the village..







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Re: Recent birds. Plunging gannets part two.
« Reply #217 on: July 20, 2011, 09:02:15 pm »
Took these pics. this morning.













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Re: Recent birds.. Bonxie..
« Reply #218 on: August 05, 2011, 07:02:10 am »
I thought I would have a wee break from my work in the garden, and let my body heal itself from the cuts & bruises, and an annoying pulled muscle in my side.. so I thought I would concentrate on the Bonxie or its real name. the great skua..

















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Re: Recent birds
« Reply #219 on: August 06, 2011, 09:25:22 am »
More Bonxies taken on the 5th august 2011









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Re: Recent birds.. Kestrel..
« Reply #220 on: August 07, 2011, 02:08:32 pm »
I went looking for the super- pod of White-sided Dolphins at Vidlin voe,yesterday, there was 300 + but only saw the Common dolphin, then I checked out Lunna in general but nothing seen except this Kestrel, it was posing quite nice on a fence post till i lifted my camera, then it flew off, then I was glad it was a kestrel, as it started to hover as they do.. I've been down in Scotland mainland on holiday last year and this year, and I haven't seen any Kestrels along the motorways, just Buzzards. So I was really pleased that I came across this one..

Kestrel..





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Re: Recent birds.Kittiwake..
« Reply #221 on: August 18, 2011, 06:48:14 am »
I stumbled on this Kittiwake at the village pier, they have to be one of our prettiest gulls imo..

Kittiwake..













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Re: Recent birds. More Kittiwakes..
« Reply #222 on: August 24, 2011, 07:38:41 am »
23. 08.011.
                 I spent yesterday morning with my favorite Gull, the Kittiwake, its such a beautiful bird, they were mixed in with mainly common and herring gulls, here they are..





















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Re: Recent birds
« Reply #223 on: August 24, 2011, 09:08:26 am »
Those are great photos of the little kittiwake, George. It is a lovely bird. Come to think of it, I haven't seen one recently. Well not close up anyway. Thanks for those. Anne.

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Re: Recent birds
« Reply #224 on: August 24, 2011, 07:15:15 pm »
Thanks Anne, the kittiwake seems to be a bit rarer these days, so its nice to see them at the village..

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