tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51258390376666260992024-02-19T05:39:23.951+00:00Out and About with David CooksonDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-54571756904469575132013-09-12T16:20:00.000+01:002013-09-12T16:20:10.909+01:00Blog now on website<br />
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David Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-2623037474478833142012-07-10T20:07:00.000+01:002012-07-11T06:20:50.034+01:00A True Fairy Tale.....The Bitch, The Witch and The Swan<b><span style="font-size: large;">Once upon a time</span></b> a photographer was minding his own business overlooking a pond at a local nature reserve, when all of a sudden a huge <span style="background-color: white;">bull mastiff</span><span style="background-color: white;"> bitch with huge dirty, slavery chops came beside him and wiped her dirty mush all over his pants and jumper.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Arrgg cried the photographer, you dirty bitch. At that moment he heard howls of laughter coming from a "lady" obviously the the </span><span style="background-color: white;">bull mastiff</span><span style="background-color: white;"> bitches owner.</span><br />
You should keep her on a lead cried the photographer.<br />
**** OFF said the owner of the <span style="background-color: white;">bull mastiff</span><span style="background-color: white;"> bitch as she gave him a strange two fingered sign in passing.</span><br />
Oh dear, thought the photographer, shes no lady, she must be a Wicked Witch and she has cast a spell on me with that strange two fingered sign, what ever will the future hold.<br />
Well, the photographer tried to clean himself up as best as he could as the Witch and the Bitch went on their way.<br />
Now,<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">it came to pass</span><span style="background-color: white;"> a short time later, that a great commotion ensued on the other side of the pond, with ducks and geese and swans scattering about all over the place. At first the photographer couldn't see what was going on as the mist of water with all the splashing obscured his view. Then, when it quietened down a little what should be stood there in the water, you've guessed it, it was none other than the bull mastiff bitch. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">All the little ducklings and goslings and cygnets were paddling as fast as their little feet could muster in order to escape to a safer part of the pond. Then the the witch appeared, well she laughed and laughed until she could laugh no more, this is so much fun she thought. Go get em she yelled, and the </span><span style="background-color: white;">bull mastiff</span><span style="background-color: white;"> bitch obeyed, jumping and pouncing at anything that swam on the water.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Mummy and daddy swan lead their brood out to deeper water, and after making sure all his cygnets were safe, daddy swan set off to confront the </span><span style="background-color: white;">bull mastiff</span><span style="background-color: white;"> bitch,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> as she was still bouncing about in the water terrifying all before her. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">The swan twisted and turned in front of the bitch, this dance mesmerized the her and almost trance like she followed daddy swan . Daddy swan lead the bitch away from his brood at the same time going into ever into deeper water.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">The </span><span style="background-color: white;">bull mastiff</span><span style="background-color: white;"> bitch was now out of her depth and clearly struggling to stay </span><span style="background-color: white;">afloat. The witch noticed this and called for her to come back, and no matter what commands she screamed to her charge it was ignored, her laughter had turned to hysteria, help me, help me, she cried, to anyone who would listen, but none did. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Daddy swan was now in completed control, after all this is a his territory, not a lumbering </span><span style="background-color: white;">bull mastiff</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Time for the hunter to become the hunted.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Sensing a weakness daddy swan turned and reared up out of the water his huge wing spread high, transforming himself from the graceful creature he is into a towering white giant, he lunged overshadowing and completely enveloping the </span><span style="background-color: white;">bull mastiff </span><span style="background-color: white;">bitch.......and under she went.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Wow did you see that a passer by said to the photographer, yes said the photographer, wasn't it wonderful just wonderful.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">And all the</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">little ducklings and goslings and cygnets and the photographer......................................................................... <b><span style="font-size: large;">LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER</span></b>.</span><br />
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THE ENDDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-26558248439567830562012-05-31T09:23:00.004+01:002012-05-31T09:23:43.103+01:00The Silent MajorityNo riots, no histrionics, no banner headlines that other disgruntled groups of our society display when they feel aggrieved. Only a quiet inward deep-seated rage that ordinary people up and down the land held that expressed itself in the form of letters to MPs, emails, phone calls and petition filling to complain about the outrageous decision by DEFRA to sanction the destruction of buzzard nests.<br />
Amazingly, within a week all that quiet diplomacy resulted in the decision being overturned.<br />
Everyone who reacted with the smallest voice can be justifiably proud, for those small noises accumulated to a massive crescendo that punctured the eardrums of our Mandarins.<br />
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A word of caution, the Countryside Alliance is none too pleased with the outcome, so expect a counter attack by fair means or FOWL.<br />
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FortitudeDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-51889127398546076582012-05-29T17:55:00.002+01:002012-05-29T18:24:33.511+01:00One Good Tern........as they sayOver the past few days the heatwave has kept me close to home, not wishing to travel too far in the heat of the day. I have confined my photography to late afternoons but even then the light has been too strong and the contrast too much for my liking, even so I had to try and do something.<br />
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Fortitude</div>David Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-12847053545705188572012-05-19T13:06:00.000+01:002012-05-20T05:30:43.701+01:00Starting to see RedThe top of my hit list too photograph this season is the redstart along with pied flycatcher. I don't wish to travel to the likes of Gilfach Farm where the photographer is pretty much guaranteed sightings of these beautiful species, if for no other reason than the cost of that liquid gold.....PETROL!!!<br />
But in my case their's another reason, and that is they occur only eight miles from my home on the West Pennines. In past seasons I have been successful locating and photographing the pied flycatcher .....my latest effort at the bottom.... but the redstart has always eluded me, even though it's call could be heard around one certain area.<br />
This year I have made half a dozen visits and seen fleeting glimpses of the bird, so last week I put in a concerted effort and finally managed to pin it down. When I say pin it down it isn't exactly sitting out in the open, it is flitting about the heavily leafed trees and that gives awkward views for the photographer, that said I have managed a long shot, heavily cropped snap presented here, whether I will improve on that, it remains to be seen. But whether or not I do, it is eminently more satisfying tracking and finding your own material than joining the masses on the merry-go-round.<br />
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<br />David Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-6597204013274561782012-04-21T12:08:00.000+01:002012-04-21T12:08:11.122+01:00Golden DaysIt's always a bit sad returning from holiday, but at least I have stacks of images to sort through to remind me of the long tranquil days in Coquetdale. Unfortunately I haven't had much time to process them in earnest as events in the garden have kept me busy. No, not mowing the lawn (meadow) or tiding the borders, nothing as mundane as that, it's just that my resident goldcrest have been extremely active and for once on show. Normally they feed at the very top of my silver birch, but as they are nest building they are coming out into the open seeking nest material and of course feeding on the abundance of aphids.<br />
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Two jays nesting close by come to devour my nuts, oops! sorry, the nuts I lay out for them, but they have to play second fiddle to the goldies at the moment as I fear these Golden Days will be over all to quickly.<br />
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During the recent fine spell of weather I managed a brief visit to Marshside. I timed my visit for the last couple of hours of golden evening light, even so the light was still strong and contrast on the birds was still extreme.<br />
The treat for the evenings entertainment happened as two black tailed godwits decided on an altercation right in front of the viewing screen.
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Today Thursday March 8th was one of those days.<br />
To start at the beginning I must take you back to June 2011 when out of the blue I received a phone call from a print designer, he sounded a bit hairy fairy and quite frankly I thought he was smoking something, but the gist of his call was that he required a few images of a Dartford warbler and he had seen just what he was looking for on my web site. The job was for the National Trust, and he assured me he would be back in touch. Well you know I waited and waited, and waited some more then I forgot all about it, then in November 2011 I received a phone call from the National Trust in Swindon, "I believe Peter has been in touch with you about some photos of the Dartford warbler, well we are ready to go to press and are really desperate for them, deadlines and all that, could you sort us out pronto, such dynamism I thought.<br />
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Well that was that, until the post arrived this morning where together the junk mail I received a copy of a small fold up pamphlet of the outdoor guide to Dunwich Heath. I must say that it is very well produced and my photos of the Dartford warbler are contained within it. Strange to think though that the N.T. don't have stock photos of its most popular resident bird with forty breeding pairs on site.<br />
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A small collection of sanderling shots taken close to Fleetwood on the high-tide.<br />
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Many years ago I reckon I put in 80 hours trying to photograph a distant blob, namely a glossy ibis then resident at Marshside.....then I find one feeding with a few mallard by the side of the road........like I've said before that's wildlife photography for you.<br />
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Nice to bump into Brian Rafferty, Martin Jump and Geoff Gradwell on my trips.<br />
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Nothing much happening at the moment, apart from Shorties all over the place....over the past weeks I have visited three site in Lancashire and one in Wales, all top secret of course, trouble is apart from one of these sites, where I have not encountered so much as a dog walker (bless em) the other three have been packed to the rafters with photographers and bird watchers.......Wikileaks!!!! No bother, it's like being in a traffic jam and complaining about all the traffic in front of you, while all those behind you are doing the same......your part of it.<br />
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Only seen Mrs Kingfisher one since the first freeze, so she survived. Frozen over again at the moment, I fear she may be off to find a mate when the thaw sets in...... so a lot of work for one shot....well that's wildlife photography for you.<br />
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<br />David Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-33908086757720649272012-01-18T07:38:00.003+00:002012-01-18T07:42:54.333+00:00Scuppered in the NinetiesWalking on the river Yarrow around Croston looking out for Owls, a flash of electric blue zipped past me and turned off into a reed-bed, even a non birder would have recognized a beautiful Kingfisher. That was before Christmas. After many visits I have managed to build a makeshift hide and drop in a perch, now it was time to reap the rewards. The other day missus Kingfisher duly obliged and landed on the perch for all of two seconds, old man Cookson wasn't quick enough and missed the shot, but I took heart from the fact she had discovered the perch and some time in the near future she will make me a happy man.<br />
It wasn't a complete disaster (darling) as she afforded me views with four fly pasts and a landing on a reed a little farther upstream where she discharged a pellet, something I had never witnessed before, and I did manage to get a snap of her on the reed.<br />
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Although Thursday the 12th wasn't a disaster when I returned last Friday (the 13th ) it unfortunately was. I arrived to find the spot completely frozen over and spent some time breaking up the ice, but to no avail it was freezing back over in an instant. On a four hour watch in the area on Saturday I had no sightings of my friend. If she survives this cold snap, I wonder if she will return, I will have to wait and see.<br />
Returning home on Friday I called in at Yarrow C.P. one of my favorite haunts and although the light had gone the burning embers of the setting sun was lighting up the tree tops and this was giving some great reflections in the water and as luck would have it one of my favorite birds swam into view, a Great Crested Grebe.<br />
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So the 13th wasn't all bad news, and although I have been scuppered in the nineties I still have another innings.
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No post of late due to major changes to computer system, anyhow have a wonderful Christmas and all the best for the New YearDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-28981803966180843792011-11-21T05:44:00.001+00:002011-11-24T13:52:13.792+00:00The Snow Buntings of Kinmel Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photographers who find or know where a certain species of bird or mammal is, will try to keep the location to themselves for as long as possible. The reason for this secrecy is, they want to get their images unencumbered by others who will decamp on-mass and who have equipment that defies the budget deficit, but alas possess no field-craft. There could be other considerations of course, for instance the protection of the species, or maybe you have spent weeks baiting a spot, and rightly consider this your own.<br />
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However certain (special) species become well known and are well publicised on a variety of web forums, one of these are the Snow Buntings at Kinmel Bay. Local birders have encourage the birds by putting seed on driftwood, two huge logs really, right below a viewing platform, and to their credit have been very successful for the second year running to the best of my knowledge in attracting these delightful buntings.<br />
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I arrived bright and early at the site and as well as my camera and provisions to sustain me throughout the day, I also carried some seed, as visitors are encouraged to keep the feeding station topped up. I had the Snow Buntings, ten in all, all to myself for perhaps an hour and a half, then I was joined by Joe Wynn who I new only as a contributor to Birdguides, incidental I put a faces to a names and Joe existed in my head as someone in his sixty's, so it was quite a shock to see this fifteen year old lad sat beside me. A little later Joe and I were joined by Mike Nessbitt, and the three of us together had a wonderful time photographing the buntings. The field-craft here is quite simple, the golden rule is sit still! The average cycle is thus, the birds will fill their crop on average over a fifteen minute period, then they fly off a short distance, usually a groin for about half an hour to digest their meal before returning to start all over again.<br />
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During the digestion period you can have a cup of coffee and have chat then crucially just before they return get in position and wait. The birds will tolerate you if you stay still, but will not if you approach them while they are feeding, they will simply fly off.<br />
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Of course passers by and dog walkers (bless em) will spook the the birds, that is par for the course, but what really annoys me is when photographers spook them. Well sad to say that happened later in the day as one snapper in particular consistently approached the birds, not by crawling but walking bolt upright towards the feeding birds. Well he in particular pissed the birds and me off. But you see it didn't matter to him, as he explained he was local and could get his shots anytime.<br />
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Pity the poor traveler who had spent a small fortune on petrol, and Joe, as he is a school lad, he could only get there at the weekend and had come down from Manchester by train, I think it cost him something like £12.50, and the birdwatchers on the platform and of course let us not forget the Snow Buntings.<br />
FortitudeDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-33821033148976628002011-11-13T13:54:00.001+00:002011-11-17T19:59:38.223+00:00More From The Forestry CommissionJust reiterating, sorry....My New Web Address Is<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://www.dcimages.co/">www.dcimages.co</a></span><br />
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Forest can create some magical light and this first image goes someway towards what I was trying to achieve.<br />
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FortitudeDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-49884845201583501732011-11-09T18:59:00.001+00:002011-11-09T19:02:38.328+00:00New Web Site Address<a href="http://www.dcimages.co/" target="_blank">Please Note My New Web Site Address</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dcimages.co/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">www.dcimages.co</span></a>David Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-2119255868680528132011-11-09T12:02:00.000+00:002011-11-09T20:14:26.731+00:00Away From The CoastAfter several sessions photographing waders along various stretches of the North West coastline I have turned my attention to our gorgeous woodland. Crawling through mud and leaves made a change from crawling on wet sand and salt marsh, it was better for the camera too, with no chunks of sand finding its way into all the nooks and crannies of the image stealer.
Light, light give me light. At best, by the very nature of photographing in a forest the best you’re going to get is dappled lighting, but this can be very effective both on the subject or the backdrop. At worst when it clouds over the range of subtle hues can work fine, but tends to leave the overall image a little flat.
Anyhow here are a few results from the last couple of shoots....... first needing no introduction is the Red Squirrel....<br />
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FortitudeDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-38542159598204866572011-11-02T16:30:00.001+00:002011-11-02T16:31:50.019+00:00Motorway MadnessI now know why my car wants to go to Southport in stead of heading north up the M6, as yesterday (1st Nov.) I physically forced it to head north for Leighton Moss.<br />
Big mistake.<br />
The traffic in all three lanes came to a halt, I was just short of the M61 junction. Apparently a tanker had overturned and I along with thousands of others was stuck there for one and a half hours. Where's a bloody Buzzard or a Kestrel when you need one, I see them all the time when I'm traveling at 70mph (honest) and can't stop!<br />
Fleetwood had to be the new destination purely for the lack of daylight hours available to me.<br />
AND, as if that wasn't bad enough, I was once again caught up in a jam at more or less the exact same spot on my way home, apparently a multi-vehicle pile up, my guess is that someone was gawking at the aftermath of the mornings accident. Not to worry only one and quarter hours this time, and at least I could do some editing (deleting) to wile away the time.<br />
I managed a few more wader images, but was it worth it I ask you?<br />
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I will be posting more images on my web-site soon.<br />
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<br />David Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-14484881603398523372011-10-31T14:21:00.000+00:002011-10-31T14:38:12.802+00:00Time and Tide.....<br />
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I had plan A, B, and C for Friday’s high tide, but somehow
my car had a mind of its own and opted for plan D and took me to Southport.
When I get to the motorway at Standish I have three options, head north for the
Fylde or Leighton Moss (A, B) south for the Wirral (C), but no, my car wanted
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Did I want to go to Southport again? No I did not. Last
month’s high tide was a near disaster (darling) in photographic terms. After
arriving at Ainsdale I walked out well out of reach of dog walkers (Bless Um) I
settled down and waited for the tide to do its job and bring the waders to me.
After half an hour things were looking good at the head of the pack I could
make out Grey Plover, a bird that has eluded my lens thus far. Another quarter
of an hour and I should have filled my boots as they say, then, suddenly, the
sky was darkened with thousands upon thousands of birds, the army of waders
that was marching towards me had vanished before my eyes. The reason was, the
Sefton Beach Patrol, two quad-bikes riding in tandem out on the mudflats,
apparently searching for dead bodies (cocklers maybe?)
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So that day I retreated
to Southport beach, a mile north of the pier, where as luck would have it I
spotted dunlin and ringed plover. Ah that day was rescued until the dog walkers
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was again. I arrived in the nick of time as the tide was well in and with the
absence of beach patrols and dog walkers, god knows where they were, but Bless-um
all, they weren’t here. And what a difference the place was alive with
thousands upon thousands of waders, so here are a few of the results......enjoy
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<br /></div>David Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-28284873206969563662011-10-26T06:22:00.000+01:002011-10-26T06:42:36.008+01:00Canon Photo CompetitionI have entered this image of a Whooper Swan preening at Martin Mere in the online Canon Photo Competition.<br />
I have entered it in the <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.net/essentials-of-photography/view/44146">Learning to See</a> category, it has already been recognized and awarded a <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.net/essentials-of-photography/view/44146">Good Technique Badge.</a><br />
You can view it by<a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.net/essentials-of-photography/view/44146"> any of the links</a> or clicking on the photo and give it a thumbs up, you can also view some other pretty amazing images at the same time.<br />
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Cheers David<br />
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FortitudeDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-47995307922172207292011-10-25T13:03:00.000+01:002011-10-25T19:58:30.362+01:00They're Back With A VengeanceI went to Martin Mere on Saturday (22nd Oct) just to evaluate the situation, I was most surprised to see the vast numbers of Whooper Swans on the mere. In past years they had been drifting in, in dibs and drabs at this stage of the season, but the numbers that have arrived thus far are so great that the management have decided to start feeding, this process normally only starts in early November ( around the 5th my birthday....hint,hint).<br />
I managed some very satisfying images of whoopers along with ruff, lapwing, pintail, wigeon and shoveler.<br />
The day was enjoyed the company of Steve Dolan and Charlie Owen and a couple of people who I meet from time to time, but unfortunately don't know their names (forgive me for that).<br />
A word of warning, unless your fabulously wealthy take some food and drink with you, Steve paid nine pound odd for chips & a scoop of something (smaller than a child's portion in my opinion) and a scone, I fared little better when a sweet with custard plus a cuppa set me back five pound fifty.<br />
Once bitten twice shy!!!!<br />
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A few days earlier I had paid a visit to Leighton Moss and as I entered the EM hide the sun was making it's entrance on the new day casting a pink glow on the underside of the clouds, this in turn was reflected in the water just as a pair of little egrets passed through the scene.
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FortitudeDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-8716841184588312392011-10-16T15:17:00.004+01:002011-10-16T18:25:15.259+01:00Wading InA few images from the beach.........It's hard to disguise yourself on a beach and I have been told that if you lie down and crawl the waders will think your a seal and ignore you, I don't know if this is true, but I do know you get very wet indeed...<br />
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FortitudeDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125839037666626099.post-68965381545240981972011-10-13T12:08:00.002+01:002011-10-13T12:14:11.132+01:00Fish Commits Suicide!!!A couple of tags for this image.....<br /><br />Fish Commits Suicide!!! <br /><br />And for my next trick!!!!<br /><br />Down the Hatch......a bit predictable<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dc-images.co.uk/img/v30/p774882155-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 440px; height: 630px;" src="http://www.dc-images.co.uk/img/v30/p774882155-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />FortitudeDavid Cooksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011882607554359774noreply@blogger.com3