tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33501019766053417732024-03-16T11:54:36.192+00:00Elliot SampfordThe articles I include in this personal Blog will include a varied range of subjects that interest me. They will predominantly relate to the United Kingdom (my homeland), Spain and Europe. Any opinions I express will probably not be too contentious, however they are mine and not that of any organisation or group of which I am a member.Elliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.comBlogger659125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-18529883385966624432016-01-02T15:43:00.000+00:002016-01-02T15:43:37.713+00:00Triple Level Feeder and Activity Centre.As we have the 'Three Squirreleers' visiting us most days I have made
them a triple level feeder/activity centre.<br />
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The question is: will I ever
get the opportunity of a photograph of all of them using it at the same
time?<br />
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Not hoping for too much, just a squirrel sat munching away on
each level – patience will be needed.<br />
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Elliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-57259005004502469682016-01-02T15:23:00.001+00:002016-01-02T15:23:36.648+00:00Photograph Gallery for December 2015December 2015 has been a quiet month for me on the photography side of my life.<br />
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'Watching the Watcher' [Koala – aka Squirrel III.]<br />
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Rather than just publish this image I thought I'd tell you the story behind it.<br />
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It was nearly 14:22 hrs. and we had just finished our lunch. I was
feeling frustrated and down as I'd had to waste valuable photography
time today; during a bright, sunny morning; to take my car to the
service garage. When I returned home there was very little activity from
the birds or squirrels in my garden as they had already been for their
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Everything
suddenly changed when I saw this male Sparrowhawk perched amongst the
nut and seed feeders hanging in our crab-apple tree. The hawk
intended to interpret a different meaning to the term 'bird feeders':
they are there for the birds to feed from but he intended for birds to
be feed from them.<br />
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A quick dash upstairs to get the Canon and a
few shots were fired off through the kitchen double glazed French-door
glass before the hawk left as suddenly as it came.<br />
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Frustration
had been replaced by excitement and satisfaction as you can probably
tell from this ramble by me. It turned out to be a good photography
day after all: it's good to be a photographer.<br />
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PS. ISO and therefore image noise was too high because of the poor light but who cares I got him.<br />
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'Dunnocks are not Dull'.<br />
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'Lapping Ripples' by G Squirrel.<br />
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Blue Fairy at the bottom of my garden.<br />
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A 22 K bird which, with its many friends, brings a golden glow to any garden on a dull winter's day.<br />
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Elliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-7878489947131723402015-12-30T14:33:00.003+00:002015-12-30T14:33:46.679+00:00Photograph Gallery to 30 November 2015'A Frinch Kiss'<br />
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'Budge Up'<br />
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The British National Bird.<br />
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Long-tailed Tit – 1 of the 4 varieties that visit our feeders everyday.<br />
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© Elliot Sampford Elliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-5498586244754406392015-11-24T16:54:00.000+00:002015-11-24T16:56:14.196+00:00Photograph Gallery for week ending 22 November 2015.This Sparrowhawk tried to get a finch or sparrow snack from our garden. Unfortunately there is a small bokeh effect on its body,
due to a branch of our crab-apple tree getting in the way, but I think
the eye focus is acceptable.<br />
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Ladder of Success.<br />
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About twelve days ago I published a photograph of a Brambling in my garden
and said “this is possibly the last image I will take of one; for some
time” – I was wrong!<br />
On the morning of the 18 November this beauty visited us for about four minutes.<br />
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'Another Step' — Ladder of Success 2.<br />
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'Triumphant Step' — Ladder of Success 3.<br />
[Hand on heart all safety instructions were followed: no squirrel was put at risk.]<br />
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If it is Saturday it must be Pasodoble time – strictly should it be Paso
Doble. If he saw it, Len would love the swirling cape-work.<br />
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'Blue Sky [in your eye]'<br />
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"Oh no, not another Grey Squirrel one" the viewers sigh.<br />
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© Elliot Sampford. Elliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-2387293281158051342015-11-16T22:27:00.002+00:002015-11-16T22:27:52.180+00:00Photograph Gallery for week ending 15 November 2015It's been over two months since I published an image of a Robin here on my weblog. I think that's a long enough gap. So here is one I shot (no
it's still alive) at the beginning of this week.<br />
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Green unsociable: Gold hungry.<br />
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Goldfinch - Bird in Fight.<br />
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Nut takeaway by Blue-tit Express.<br />
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Greenfinch angel.<br />
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It's Saturday so it's 'Strictly come Flying'. I hope you think it's fab-u-lous and not a dis-a-ster.<br />
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'Graceful Greenfinch'<br />
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© Elliot SampfordElliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-21157986076885263202015-11-15T16:53:00.001+00:002015-11-15T16:53:48.586+00:00My Photograph Gallery for week ending 8 November 2015An indulgence of another photograph of Spike: it's probably the
last opportunity until Hedgehog wakey-wakey time next spring. <br />
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My first photograph of a Brambling. It was taken in my garden on the 3rd November.
Quality could be better but struggled with the poor light on a dull,
dreary day; and shot through double glazing. I hope it comes back on a
sunny day.<br />
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Taken through the kitchen window on a grey day.<br />
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Greater Flamingo juvenile on a rare dull day in the Murcia Region of Spain.<br />
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It had been 48 hours since my first sight of the Brambling in our garden.
I must assume it's moved on. I showed you my first photograph of it above and this is possibly the last image I will take of one; for
some time.<br />
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© Elliot SampfordElliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-64883336727450177362015-11-05T17:54:00.000+00:002015-11-06T14:18:28.610+00:00My Photography Gallery for 2nd half of October 2015<span id="goog_1460881634"></span><span id="goog_1460881635"></span>Dunlin ?<br />
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Sandpiper (variety ?), Little Stint? or Sanderling in moult. If it helps with identification; taken in Costa Blanca, Spain 06.10.2015. Waders are a difficult type to identify.<br />
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House Sparrow in our Crabapple tree.<br />
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Little Grebe.<br />
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One of our regularly visiting Grey Squirrels brightened up a misty, dull and dank day.<br />
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Corned beef goes down well with this Hedgehog for building up weight for winter.<br />
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© Elliot SampfordElliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-32707473511590824312015-11-05T15:40:00.000+00:002015-11-05T15:40:00.010+00:00My Photograph Gallery for 1st half October 2015.I don't know what variety/ies the butterfly and caterpillar are but I
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I was thinking of a title for the first image of 'Two
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'Sprightly Spaniard'<br />
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Greater Flamingo juvenile.<br />
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Hoopoe - Upupa epops.<br />
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Relaxed Red Squirrel checking the quality of a discarded marble worktop.<br />
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The 'Sphodromantis viridis' is smiling.<br />
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Spanish 'Fan Dancer' called Garceta Común.<br />
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'All Clear Behind.' - Blue Tit.<br />
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'Follow me: follow me' - Lapwing.<br />
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Black-necked Grebe. The first is in breeding plumage and the second I
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Yellow-legged Gull ?<br />
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Greater Flamingo.<br />
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Redshank.<br />
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My first photograph of a Sardinian Warbler.<br />
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I think this is a Kentish Plover, although its legs might be the wrong colour.<br />
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It's only a Little Egret but I like the water flow image.<br />
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Squacco Heron. A first for me.<br />
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Lapwings in 'Fright Flight'. Couldn't decide which I prefer, so here are three images.<br />
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interesting subject – although to an entomologist they might be – but to
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I entered my garden hide this morning, and discovered these five 'Peacock Butterflies' tucked under a ledge.<br />
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As there isn't much room inside I changed the lens to my Canon 18-55mm
as I couldn't get a focus with the 55-250mm. All the images were taken
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By now all but one 'Peacock' had warmed up and flown. As an aside, I
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We were preparing lunch on the 26 August when we noticed that one of our regular visitors
couldn't wait any longer and started to eat before us. The tray is just
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Four images of the Red-footed Falcon at Willow Tree Fen NR 19.08.2015.
It's unfortunate that his back was towards me and head in the shadow but
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A Little Egret having a 'Quick Snack'<br />
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I asked the Grey Heron at Fiskerton Fen N.R. to show me some different poses.<br />
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Eating peanuts and sunflower-hearts makes the mouth dry.<br />
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<br />Elliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-12444401949968873032015-08-18T14:31:00.000+01:002015-08-18T14:31:24.302+01:00Photograph Gallery for week ending 16 August 2015Just a couple of profile images of a juvenile House Sparrow with a piece of fat-ball in its beak. <br />
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Green Sandpiper at Marston STW 15.08.2015. Two for the shot of one.
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'Leaving Friends' Greylag Goose.<br />
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Egyptian Goose.<br />
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Fatherly care today from a House Sparrow.<br />
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'Food Aid' flight landing!<br />
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We've missed seeing them in our garden of late but three Long-tailed
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They might not be the prettiest, or most colourful, of some birds but
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arrogant. Black-headed Gull.<br />
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Blackbird chilling out.<br />
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A Little Egret alone with its shadow.<br />
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Starlings are head and shoulders above other birds for audacity. <br />
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The Magpie has a large beak with a delicate touch.<br />
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Meadow Pipit.<br />
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Brown Hares relaxing in the evening sun.<br />
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Woodie needs a bigger roll-top.<br />
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Mr & Mrs Tufted Duck.<br />
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Chaffinch resting before taking supper home.<br />
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These images are an ongoing exercise in learning/familiarization a<span class="text_exposed_show">bout
how post-processing with Lightroom 6 editing program can turn a definite pig's ear into
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'Bellowing' – for a missing calf.<br />
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Avocet at RSPB Frampton Marsh.<br />
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Lapwing – female? – at RSPB Frampton Marsh.<br />
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Chaffinch.<br />
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A Brown Hare in the evening sun.<br />
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I haven't published an image of a Robin for five months – and now it is our National Bird – so I thought it is time.<br />
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A Little Egret on an evening flight.<br />
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A Pied Wagtail.<br />
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Kestrel (Male, Juvenile Male, or Female?).<br />
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An Oystercatcher and chick.<br />
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A Collared Dove.<br />
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A Great Crested Grebe resting in a bed of weeds.<br />
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Red-legged Partridge.<br />
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Although these are not premium quality images I'm posting them as I'm
not aware, well I've certainly not seen it before, of being offered a
POGOE opportunity with the Little Egret in flight; and probably wont be
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The main picture, taken on the 23 June 2015 @ 20:15 hrs, is
not too far off focus, as can been seen by the enlarged images of each
bird, but it was a case of right location, right time, right camera but
wrong lens.<br />
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Meadow Pipit with supper.<br />
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Yellow Wagtail with supper.<br />
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We were hopeful that we might have a Hedgehog visitor to, or possibly
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Whitethroat.<br />
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It's the squirrel that's the wrong way down.<br />
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Blue Tit juvenile.<br />
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Bee on Salvia.<br />
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The Sentinel.<br />
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'Smartening up'<br />
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A Whitethroat.<br />
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'Blowing Bubbles' by a Mute Swan.<br />
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Hare one minute, gone the next.<br />
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Song thrush.<br />
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Supping Squirrel.<br />
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House Sparrow.<br />
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'Go Away!'<br />
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<br />Elliot Sampfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376637671348086588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350101976605341773.post-13102326986990159662015-06-08T17:28:00.000+01:002015-06-08T17:28:55.565+01:00My Photographs for week ending 7 June 2015Click on any image to see a larger copy.<br />
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HOWZAT!<br />
Play 'Spot the Bail'.<br />
Taken on 31 May 2015 during a match between our Heighington village team and Owmby by Spital.
I thought you cricket enthusiasts might like to see this.<br />
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A Tufted Duck couple.<br />
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The downs and ups of Woodpigeon flight.<br />
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Song Thrush.<br />
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A change from birds, although it does fly, but not for much longer I understand.<br />
The Vulcan bomber taken on 5 JUne 2015 over the Heighington Fens, Nr. Lincoln. Two of these
are similar but you can't see too much of the Vulcan. For those not
local to Lincoln the symbol between the Union Jack and the aircraft
registration, on the tail fin, is the City of Lincoln emblem.<br />
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Two whimsical images today.<br />
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Pied Wagtail.<br />
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