Male
Ring Ouzel, Eight Roods Land, Farcet
I couldn't resist a quick dash out at lunch to see if I could better this mornings efforts. Light still harsh but this image is classic Ringo. The tall stance, the scooped 'banana' back and dropped wings.
I found a male Ringo last week but I didn't have the scope and camera with me (nothing new there these days). But this morning I threw them in the back of the car and began my chugg across to Blackbush with a hope of a few Wheats and Grey Parts. And bingo! Or should that be Ringo! Two male Ringos feeding in the almost Breck heath-like fields of the archery club behind the Plough Inn. Despite appallingly harsh light I managed a couple of record shots.
With already eight birds recorded locally within the last week, this could prove to be our best spring ever for this cracking alpine specialist.
Male Mandarin (with Mallard), Farcet Fen, 23 April 2007
Male (foreground) and female Grey Partridges, Blackbush
Male Ring Ouzel, Eight Roods Land, Farcet
I found a male Ringo last week but I didn't have the scope and camera with me (nothing new there these days). But this morning I threw them in the back of the car and began my chugg across to Blackbush with a hope of a few Wheats and Grey Parts. And bingo! Or should that be Ringo! Two male Ringos feeding in the almost Breck heath-like fields of the archery club behind the Plough Inn. Despite appallingly harsh light I managed a couple of record shots.
Little Owl, Farcet Fen, 11 April 2007
