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| male Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata |
On Friday I made my annual pilgrimage to the Wildlife Photographer
of the Year exhibition at the London Natural History Museum. As usual it
inspired me and for a change I agreed with the winner, Emperor Penguins underwater. My favourite was of two penguins on an ice ledge, one of which was
in the air having just leaped from the water. It should have been People’s Choice
judging by the fact that the postcards had sold out. Other wonderful polar
scenes were these two photos of polar bears on ice floes: one was shot witha fish-eye lens and brilliantly summed up global warming and the plight of the
bear, the other was another ice flow shot.
On Saturday I watched a heron fishing at Arundel WWT.
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| Common Pochard, Aythya Ferina |
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| Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea |
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| Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea |
On Sunday my detecting club had a dig and I found a piece of
trench art consisting of decorated copper welded to a bullet, a modern brass ¼ ounce weight, 3 Georgian halfpennies, a thimble
and some buttons. Others found a Celtic coin and some hammered. On the way home
I stopped at Arundel WWT and saw the Kingfisher 5 times in two hours, but
never close enough for a decent shot.
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| Trench art (11.5cm), weight, thimble, button |
I took over 2000 pics so it will take some time to process
these. The Kingfisher appeared twice during 20 minutes at the end of the day.
Today I visited Arundel WWT and while I was waiting for the Kingfisher
I had a great show from a Mandarin Duck
instead.
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| female Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata |
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| male & female Mandarin Duck |
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| Mute Swan, Cygnus olor |
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| Red-breasted Goose, Branta Ruficollis |
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| Red-breasted Geese, Branta Ruficollis |
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| Pheasants, Phasianus colchicus by Mill Road |
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