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Elmley Marshes

Thursday, 12. November 2009, 19:18:09

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On Monday I visited the Elmley Marshes RSPB reserve on Sheppey. The drive in is through the NNR managed area is great, as birds can be seen right next to the road, like this curlew



The birds on the walk into the actual reserve (it is more than a miles walk from the car park) turned out to be harder to get near. A flock of golden plovers took to the air when a marsh harrier got to close

And there were a number of greylag geese flocks


One of which decided to do a low over head display over the path

Once in the reserve there intially wasn't much to see but more turned up later, which I will cover tommorow :smile:

Bedfords Park: red deer, woodpecker and devils coach horseHares, waders and other birds at Elmley

Comments

cakkleberrylane 12. November 2009, 23:40

Excellent shots! I like the last shot best. It shows all the different positions of the birds wings.

L2D2 13. November 2009, 03:17

Nice photos Neil. Like the curlews and that 4th picture of the flock.

RobinL 13. November 2009, 17:16

Great shots

littlebrownjob 14. November 2009, 07:07

Great shots of the Golden Plovers in the air.

SittingFox 14. November 2009, 19:13

Interesting photo of the harrier and company :up:

Ukwildlife 16. November 2009, 07:40

Thanks Everyone

Wulpen 22. November 2009, 20:35

:up:

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