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Cuckoo time again

Last year i tried photographing the Cuckoo’s near where i live, with limited success , This year i’ve been watching them for a couple of days , noting the posts they like to call from.

Today i set up near one of the posts by about 6-30am and waited , two male Cuckoo’s were calling from various places all around me for quite a time , Eventually after two hours my waiting paid off with a male landing briefly on the post in front of me .I waited another hour with nothing doing , so packed up and got back in the Truck.

As i was driving off , A Female Cuckoo flashed across the lane in front of me , i stopped and watched it land on the post where i’d been sitting – aaaaarggggh! followed by the two males who had a brief tussle around her !!! if i had only waited another 10 minutes !

May 6, 2013May 11, 2013 by timpad Categories: UncategorizedTags: Cuckoo Leave a comment

Early Morning

I got out and about early on Saturday , i was out to count Chats on the mountain above Wyllie , the sun was out and it looked like spring was finally here. Walking from the car a movement caught my eye, a fox was hunting in a rough field next to me , i stepped back into cover and sorted the camera out , managing to catch the fox walking towards me.

As i walked around looking for the Wheatears, Stonechats and Whinchats , i was surprised to see a pair of Kites wheeling above me only confirming that they are now moving out of their normal ranges.

April 22, 2013April 22, 2013 by timpad Categories: UncategorizedTags: Chats, Fox, Red Kite, Wheatear Leave a comment

Bird feeder Rage !

As the level of seed dropped in the bird feeder today competition increased for the dwindling supply of sunflower seed.

Top of the pile were the Greenfinches , nothing forced them off the feeder, with the cold weather still with us natural food is in short supply, hopefully the temperature will rise in the coming weeks increasing the insect activity helping to ease the reliance of the garden birds on the feeder.

April 6, 2013April 9, 2013 by timpad Categories: UncategorizedTags: Bird, Bird feeder, Greenfinches, Sunflower seed Leave a comment

Ospreys Part 2

I left early with clear blue skies and the sun just coming over the horizon , it looked like at last there would be some good light , there was, all the way to the Severn Bridge !

Cloud filled the sky over Blagdon, As i arrived i saw one Osprey perched in a tree below the dam watching the Trout in the small pools below him/her.

March 30, 2013April 9, 2013 by timpad Categories: UncategorizedTags: Blagdon, Osprey 6 Comments

Blagdon Ospreys

I’ve never seen an Osprey before and having read the posts about them in the area i popped over to Blagdon Lake , hoping they would still be there.all the way over convincing myself they would have gone and this would be a wasted trip.

The Sat Nav took me through some of the smallest lanes i’ve seen eventually emerging on the road across the dam wall , as i drove along the road an Osprey circled over the road in front of me – Result !! I got the camera out and set up by the Dam wall – Osprey gone ! Typical !

Anyway after half an hour it returned and did a couple of circuits during the time i was there, these are not the best shots in the world , it was a dull grey day with little light , but i am hoping to catch up with them again an hopefully do them a bit more justice ,