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RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
The majority of UK Pheasants are reared for shooting from imported eggs and chicks. Tens of millions are released annually into the countryside where they consume untold numbers of invertebrates and plants. Breeding Bird Survey data show the increase in Pheasant numbers, and only the far north-western corner of Britain escapes its presence. (BTO).
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Photographed at RSPB Frampton Marsh {Lincolnshire, UK}.
This " incident" happened when one Ruff decided to wade and feed where another Ruff was already wading {and feeding}!
This image of RSPB Bempton Cliffs was taken in July 2014. I have uploaded it to show those that have never visited Bempton, what the area looks like. There are six viewing platforms along the length of the site and you can see a group of people stood on one of the platforms in the distance. A couple of the platforms are accessible to wheelchair users also. These platforms allow you to get great views of the various sea birds nesting on the sheer cliff faces. A great place to visit if you are ever in the area. There is a visitor centre on site with the usual shop, food and toilet facilities.
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RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
Fulmar has a remarkable breeding history, its North Atlantic population originally restricted to St Kilda and an island off the coast of Iceland. The last 250 years have seen a remarkable expansion in Fulmar populations and the colonisation of suitable sites around Iceland, Britain, Ireland, northwest France and sections of the Norwegian coast. The reasons for the expansion are unclear.
Young Fulmars spend their first four or five years at sea, before visiting the colonies at which they will then breed. Even then, they will not breed themselves until they are nine years of age and reach sexual maturity. (BTO).
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RSPB Marshside protects 110ha of coastal grassland and pools, and 230ha of saltmarsh on the shores of the Ribble estuary. Conservation The RSPB is managing the reserve to protect important populations of breeding waders and wintering wildfowl.
RSPB Ham Wall.
Listen for the song which gives it its name, no other warbler makes that chiff-chaffing tune. Chiffchaffs eat insects, either picking them out from trees or snapping them up in flight.
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RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
Northern Gannets have excellent vision. They detect foraging gannets at great distances, enabling them to move quickly to reach prey. Their sharp eyes also allow them to detect prey underwater amid the reflected and refracted light where water and air meet. Their eyes have special structural adaptations for plunge-diving, and they are able to see well underwater immediately after striking the water. (Cornell Lab).
Last Gannet photo for a while…. Or is this borderline Gannet Art?
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I've 2 ideas for photography projects for 2013. Both are around eyes. This is the beginning of one of the projects even though it was taken on the last day of 2012. I want to take abstract pictures of animals using the eye as the focus points. The other project is about reflections in eyes...
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RSPB Portmore Lough
Something disturbed the wading birds in the reed beds at the edge of Portmore Lough this morning - I waited to see what caused the disturbance and then panned to catch the culprit.
Absolutely blawin' a hoolie up here today and the birds doing well to cling on. Nice to get two species I don't often photograph au naturel (i.e. not when ringing), Siskin and Lesser Redpoll.
RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
Northern Gannets mate for life. Young birds reach maturity between the ages of four and five. They begin breeding between late February and April. The females lay one single egg at the end of April, and the parents share incubation duties for six weeks. The egg hatches in early June and the chick fledges in late August and through September. (Birdlife).
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