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A Kelp Gull, Larus domincanus subspecies vetula, commonly known as Cape Gull has been at Graham Water, Cambridgeshire this week. This is the first record of the species, in the UK which has a normal range in Southern Africa/Namibia

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

RSPB Burton Mere

Bayahibe, Dominican Republic

RSPB Leighton Moss

I did not expect at all to meet this little dude ...

 

At first, I had absolutely no idea what it was, I did not know that crane nestlings were reddish like that and it was more or less swimming on the water like a duck.

 

I should have known though, as 2 minutes before I was secretly trying to approach a pair of common cranes in the swamp, that eventually flew away. I had never thought about where Common cranes are nesting, I was assuming it was way more in the north of Europe.

 

Anyway after taking a shot, I did not stay much longer to avoid creating too much disturbance :(

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2025 to all my Flickr friends

Full frame with no crop as this bird as this bird approached my car/hide

RSPB Burton Mere

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

In the aviary at Slimbridge

This cryptically patterned Long-tailed Nightjar was found at a daytime roost in The Gambia

On a sunny morning, at 7AM, on the roadside .. if I had not been in a car, it would have disappeared in one second ..

In the aviary at Slimbridge

Playa Cabeza de Toro, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

The European perch is the favorite meal of the Great crested grebe. Its spiny dorsal fin is of not help against the merciless predator ...

 

Great crested grebes swallow around 200 grams of fish a day.

Tawny owl (Strix aluco), Bosuil

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