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johnfinlaysonbirder johnfinlaysonbirder amateur wildlife photography in northamptonshire and beyond thursday 27 august 2015 john s family are sorry to inform you that john died unexpectedly last week posted by unknown at 12 09 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 19 august 2015 nice eye contact with this flyover grey heron with birds in flight before publishing i always look at the focus on the claws beak and eye in this case i m pretty happy with the image herons are great subjects for in flight photography because of their slow ponderous wing beats and relatively slow speed through the air it was nice to get the wing beat on the up exposing the flanks of the bird posted by unknown at 09 55 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels grey herons tuesday 18 august 2015 no boarder controls for this immigrant and what a stunning migrant from africa and europe this visitor is the painted lady visits our shores annually in variable numbers from april onwards and is a very colourful and welcome addition to our native species on migration these butterflies have been radar tracked at altitudes of 3000 feet with ground speeds of 30 mph it will have two or three broods between june and october before return migration in october as always teasels a very popular food source for many species make a very photogenic backdrop to the image posted by unknown at 08 38 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels butterflies monday 17 august 2015 when i grow up i ll be a fully fledged blue tit this little chap made me smile with his little patch of blue on his head sometimes its the most common of birds that present the highlight of an otherwise quiet birding session posted by unknown at 09 14 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blue tits sunday 16 august 2015 harvest time is upon us as is this years crop of sparrowhawks i spent a very pleasant hour watching three fledgling sparrowhawks and the parent birds on the aldwincle side of the reserve late afternoon yesterday contact calling frequently from a small coppice between the village church and the reserve boundary they could be seen taking to the air to greet their returning parents and i was able to witness a number of food passes from time to time the fledgelings would disperse to nearby perching trees but never for too long before resuming their presence at the main roost a most enjoyable experience posted by unknown at 15 12 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels sparrowhawk saturday 15 august 2015 a privilege to photograph as the crow flies titchmarsh lnr is not too far away from duxford and we are quite often graced with sightings of ww ii veteran aircraft in this case a spitfire tr mk ix ml407 civil registration g lfix known as the grace spitfire due to its ownership a two seat trainer she completed a few loop the loops and barrel rolls over the reserve before heading off what an evocative tone that merlin engine has top of the loop painted in the camouflage of the royal new zealand air force with whom she spent some time during the war she was also used by the polish and french free air forces amongst others during an illustrious career i understand that globally there are fifty five airworthy spitfires many static examples and encouragingly many more actively being renovated or in storage awaiting renovation posted by unknown at 09 48 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels aircraft thursday 13 august 2015 an identification challenge from a recent visit to fowlmere had us scratching our heads and consulting the guide books it had most of the characteristics of a ruddy shelduck but it wasn t grey head hmmmm this is a pair of ruddy shelducks that i photograped at slipton last year the staff at the visitor center held the answer its a south african cape ruddy shelduck and an escapee from a wildfowl collection still an interesting experience posted by unknown at 19 42 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels misc wednesday 12 august 2015 followed by a dragonfly day ok here goes talk about putting a questionable bordering on non existent reputation for dragonfly identification on the line but you have to learn when venturing into unknown waters all comments corrections and wisdom greatly appreciated nb it comes as no surprise that my technical advisors could be head to audibly sigh throw their hands up in disgust and put me right the cavalry came to the rescue thanks to john murray and graham barker male southern hawker nb actually a female ruddy darter or maybe common nb actually a male ruddy darter well i got it half right no idea nb its a female common darter as photographs however i am quite pleased with the images posted by unknown at 20 18 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels damselflies and dragonflies tuesday 11 august 2015 a butterfly day at wood walton fen last sunday started with a brimstone one of the earliest butterflies to be on the wing in springtime and still going strong mid august quickly followed by a gatekeeper and a meadow brown a video of our day out was filmed by graham barker link below https www youtube com watch v rksiaendjfu posted by unknown at 19 33 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels butterflies monday 10 august 2015 a challenge to the botanists amongst you on sunday i was at wood walton fen near cambridge and came across the following i thought that it was a seed pod of sorts but i didn t want to to remove it for analysis it was one of several in a bunch each about four five inches in length approx three feet above ground level in amongst mixed thistles and grasses and rough vegetation by the side of a ditch at first sight they looked a bit like young cucumbers any ideas my thanks again to the ever helpful dr peter llewellyn who responded with a minimum of delay hello john t ry yellow flag iris pseudacorus fruit under google images and see if that is like the thing you saw regards peter l spot on peter many thanks once again did any one get it right posted by unknown at 19 55 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels misc sunday 9 august 2015 still around but not perhaps for much longer it never fails to amaze me when i think that the life cycle of these little chaps requires them to migrate such long distances i look forward to their arrival every year and always miss them as soon as they depart they add such energy and activity to the reed beds posted by unknown at 14 20 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels reed warblers saturday 8 august 2015 fresh as a daisy one of this years crop this willow warbler was a real little poser preening out in the open and enjoying some very warm weather its nice to see birds having a wash and brush up but in my experience the resultant images do not really capture the activity well or maybe its just me posted by unknown at 19 20 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels willow warblers older posts home subscribe to posts atom contact form name email message about me unknown view my complete profile pages home about me published images and articles map of titchmarsh lnr left click to enlarge translate subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments popular posts nice eye contact with this flyover grey heron with birds in flight before publishing i always look at the focus on the claws beak and eye in this case great eye contact in many parts of the country for a birder to look up to the skies and see a red kite it would truly be a red letter day willow warbler very nice bright eye contact with this chap perched high up in brilliant sunlight the season is sadly on its way out but what character t where there are food sources there are predators titchmarsh lnr from the peter scott hide at tlnr in recent times there has been a visible increase in swan and duck carcasses around the reserve this f a constant companion no matter what time of the year it is the robin recently adopted as the united kingdoms favourite bird that is never far away from you small skipper all of you who know me will also know that butterfly identification is not my strongest suit but i am pretty confident that i have this one at last practice makes getting towards near perfect when photographing a titchmarsh lnr barn owl firstly a big thank you to the barn owl who came out well before sunset in superb light taken from inside the reserves peter sco a rather rough ruff at frampton marsh not the most consistent of plumage and not the prettiest of waders the first image taken from the 360 deg hide gives you an idea of how windy it was during the visit no s hobby hawks fantastic having discovered the extent of the territory of the titchmarsh hobby s i plan to make the most of their presence before they migrate no boarder controls for this immigrant and what a stunning migrant from africa and europe this visitor is the painted lady visits our shores annually in variable numbers from a labels aircraft 7 avocet 3 barn owls 14 bitterns 1 black headed gulls 1 black redstart 1 black tailed godwit 2 blackbirds 6 blackcaps 3 blue tits 3 bullfinches 4 butterflies 13 buzzards 4 caterpillars 1 cetti s warbler 4 chaffinches 8 chiffchaffs 5 coal tits 4 collared dove 1 common crane 1 common redpoll 1 common terns 4 coots 2 cormorant 7 crossbills 1 cuckoo 2 curlew 4 damselflies and dragonflies 7 dunnocks 5 egyptian geese 1 feather 1 fieldfares 1 fox 1 gadwall 2 garden warblers 3 geese 6 goldcrests 1 goldeneyes 4 goldfinches 3 goosander 5 great crested grebe 1 great grey shrike 2 great grey shrikes 1 great northern diver 1 great spotted woodpecker 6 great tits 5 great white egrets 2 greater spotted woodpecker 3 green sandpiper 1 green woodpecker 2 greenfinch 3 grey herons 13 grey plover 1 greylag geese 1 gulls 2 hares 1 harris hawk 1 hedgehog 1 helicopter 1 hen harriers 1 hobby hawks 9 hooded merganser 1 house sparrows 1 insects 3 jackdaw 1 kestrels 9 kingfishers 4 lapwings 2 linnet 3 little egrets 8 little grebe 2 little gull 1 little owls 1 little ringed plover 1 long tailed tits 5 magpies 1 mallard 4 mandarin ducks 1 marsh harriers 1 marsh tits 7 meadow pipit 1 misc 38 moorhen 6 moths 1 nuthatches 12 oystercatcher 3 penduline tit 1 pheasants 2 pied wagtail 4 pintail ducks 1 pochard 2 putative aylesbury duck 1 red crested pochard 1 red footed falcons 2 red kites 9 red breasted merganser 2 redshanks 4 reed buntings 5 reed warblers 12 reedbeds 1 ringed plover 1 robins 6 rooks 2 ruddy shelducks 1 ruff 2 sand martins 2 sanderlings 1 seagulls 2 sedge warblers 6 shelduck 2 short eared owls 5 shoveler duck 4 slovenian grebes 1 smew 1 snipe 3 song thrush 1 sparrowhawk 5 spotted flycatchers 2 stoats 2 stonechats 8 swallows 2 swans 5 swifts 3 teal 3 titchmarsh murmuration 9 treecreepers 4 tufted duck 4 turnstones 1 turtle doves 1 various 1 various bird species 1 velvet scoter 1 video links 1 wagtails 6 water rail 1 water vole 1 waxwings 3 wheatear 1 whitethroats 2 whooper swans 1 wigeon 4 willow warblers 5 wood pigeon 1 wren 4 yellowhammer 1 my favourite sites andy howe photography bird guides cambirds cas k jackson photography doug macfarlane bird photography in northamptonshire graham barker videographer northamptonshire birding northants birds northants birds latest reports norwich cathedral live peregrine webcam old man of minsmere paddy jackson barn owl specialist and ringer penny s hot birding and life wildlife trust for beds cambs and northants xeno canto bird calls total pageviews fatbirder counter visitor flags http blog archive 2015 263 august 19 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