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Re: Recent birds.. Friday 1/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 1, 2011, 11:42 am
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The R.L.Buzzard is still at Toft..
I had a call this morning from a friend, the R.L.B. is at the
back o my house.. so I slipped on my shoes grabbed my jacket and
camera, and made my way to Toft, when I got there, there was no
sign of it .. So I settled down and waited for it to show, in
the meantime I had my breakfast [ a packet o biscuits] well I
did'nt have time to make sandwiches lol ..
After a while, I was scouring the hills with my binos.. then
suddenly I spotted it, it was on the ground on a place i've seen
it often, it seems to favour this spot, as i've seen it there
about seven times..
Sorry to have rambled on a bit, I tend to do that a lot, but
without the story, the images would'nt be so interesting..
R.L.Buzzard..
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds. Monday 04/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 4, 2011, 11:55 am
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No sightings of the R.L.Buzzard..
I only waited two hours today, so It might still be with us..
Then I went wandering in search of other birds and got these..
Domesticated geese..
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Red breasted Merganser [at a distance]
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Oystercatcher [shalder]
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: benjiesmum
Date: April 4, 2011, 1:16 pm
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Is there a chance of a mate for this lone birdie George??? :o
#Post#: 565--------------------------------------------------
Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: April 4, 2011, 3:40 pm
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It will probably find a mate back in Scandinavia, so if its
still with us, then it wont be long till it leaves Lynne ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Wednesday 06/04.011
DIR By: George
Date: April 6, 2011, 9:52 am
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I had an amazing couple o hours birdwatching, and what a
surprize.. The Rough Legged Buzzard is still with us..
It was first reported on the 5th January, here we are in April,
and its still with us.. I had'nt seen it for a few days and I
thought it might have left for Scandinavia.. but today I seen a
flock of birds high up in the hills, I thought one looked
familiar to the Buzzard, a quick check through the binos, and
sure enough it was there.. It really was so far off, but I did
take a few pics of it.. I'll only show one..
Other birds..
Skylark.
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R.L.Buzzard.
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Lapwings.
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Barr tailed Godwits.
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Ringed Plover.
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Black Guillemot.
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Then it was gone.
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george..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: George
Date: April 7, 2011, 2:48 pm
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I thought that this photo was funny, i took it this morning, the
whooper was on an island on Punds water..
Help, i'm sinking ..
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Friday 08/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 8, 2011, 11:04 am
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The R.L.Buzzard is still at Toft..
I seen it this morning, then seen a Kestrel in the afternoon..
Birds All taken today ..
Mallard.
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Curlew.
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R.L.Buzzard.
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Then I saw this Rabbit with dried grass for its burrow.
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds
DIR By: benjiesmum
Date: April 9, 2011, 2:29 am
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Great shots. I saw some pipits last evening on Moel y Parc.
Going there again today but will just take Buddie because two
dogs, a pair of binoculars and a back pack are all too much when
you are trying to spot birds! ::)
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Re: Recent birds.. Saturday 09/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 10, 2011, 3:19 am
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I understand Lynne, but you do a good job of your wanderings..
I spent three hours before I spotted the R.L.Buzzard yesterday..
It was very misty when I got there, but it cleared away about
1100 unlike the west side o Shetland, it stayed misty all day ..
I got a call later from Mark, he seen a drake Ring Necked Duck
[american bird] at the loch of Asta near Scalloway, then he
called again, he recieved a call that a Kingfisher was at Toft,
very rare for Shetland.. I had a look for it, but could'nt find
it..
Photos ..
This is the mist when I first went to the buzzard site..
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And this is my long lens bracket fitted on to my tripod, the
camera & lens is very heavy, but fitted on the bracket it weighs
nothing, perfectly balanced, panning full circle..
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Monday 11/04/011
DIR By: George
Date: April 11, 2011, 10:14 am
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The R.L.Buzzard is still at Toft
Interesting day, got really nice pics of the meadow pipit, then
went to visit the R.L.Buzzard site, then at 1330 it showed up on
its favorite part o the hill, i've now seen it 12 times on the
same part o the hill ...
Meadow pipit..
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This one is a bit oof..
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george ..
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