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We spent an afternoon at Pennington Flash. It was blowing a gale and there were no rare birds around, but there were plenty of swans, geese, gulls, etc. The winds made for rough waves and it was fun to watch the birds dealing with all of that. This curious fellow came up on the shore to me, probably looking for a handout. I don't often see one on land and all their elegance disappears, but he strolled over with such attitude that I couldn't resist a portrait.
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But calm, white calm, was born into a swan.
~Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Pennington Flash, Wigan Borough
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This is Sabine's Gull, a very rare visitor indeed...
Sabines breed on arctic ponds in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Siberia...
Siberian and Alaskan birds winter off the coast of Columbia and Peru. They disburse east across the Pacific Ocean passing down the west coast of the US, where they are often seen on offshore trips so this guy is a long way from home right now because he's here in Leigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.. As you can imagine it's caused quite a stir among the bird watching and photographic communities alike and many have travelled from all over the uk to see and photograph him.. I was lucky enough to get to see and shoot this rare visitor yesterday.. :-}}}
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