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Female waits for the male to leave the nest |
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An early morning trip up onto the high moor to the East of Bodmin moor was fruitful today with 2 pairs of Wheatears nesting in the stone walls and a pair of Redstarts.
Fortunately I had my pop-up hide in the car so set that up at a distance from the wall and started taking pics with the 500mm lens.
The birds accepted the hide straight away and I was able to move a bit closer after an hour. It was only then that I noticed a large Highland cow with massive horns ambling my way! Fears of it having a scratch at my expense on the side of the hide were fortunately unfounded!
A few downpours of rain made me glad I brought the hide as the birds continued to feed all through the rain and I watched from the dry.
Fears of many birds struggling to find insects in the cold weather we'd had were forgotten as they brought back a continuous stream of flies, caterpillars & even a damselfly.
Here are a few images from the morning, I'm hoping to have a go at the Redstarts one evening as they were in full shade in the morning.
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Female Wheatear
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Male Wheatear |
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Male Wheatear |
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Male Wheatear |
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Male Wheatear |
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Male Wheatear |
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Female Wheatear with a damselfy |
1 comments:
Lovely images and great to see them doing well...😊
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