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Waders and a young rabbit

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On Monday, with the forecast clear skies I headed in for a 'dawn raid' to Wat Tyler CP. The tide was still in quite a way, but receading. Down at the second bird screen the sun was just creeping high enough to light the far side of the creek, where a heron was standing in the morning sunlight

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Morning egrets and doves

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On the morning before the spotted flycatcher, I went for a walk around Wat Tyler Country Park. I checked the fleet for the lovely mist but I had no luck. The sun was shinning through the reeds though

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Mist over Pitsea Fleet

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Arriving early at Wat Tyler, I noticed some mist over Pitsea Fleet

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Little grebe flying lessons

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On friday I had the day off work and went on a mini tour of some local sites. After a quick no eventful visit to Ingrebourne Valley, I headed to Rainham RSPB reserve. No sooner had I got out the car a large sparrowhawk wizzed by with something in its talons - no photo Im afaid. But in the pond by the entrance a yellow water frog (probably a marsh frog) posed in the weed

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Oare Marshes: first visit with a 500mm lens

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The weekend before visiting Skomer, I was in Kent, and decided to take the new camera setup to Oare marshes, where the extra reach would hopefully come in handy. The first bird to literally land in front of me was this male house sparrow carrying a featherPresumably it is for it's nest.

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Wat tyler country park, pitsea

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On Wednesday at work I got a few photos. The buttercups are in full flower

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Ingrebourne valley birds

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Carrying on from the adders yesterday, I also managed a few bird photos. In the morning light some greylag geese posed

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Hainault Forest Country Park

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Last Thursday I headed to Hainault Forest Country Park to see if the frogs had emerged and begun spawning. My first stop was the lake were I spotted some pochards

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Grey squirrels, little grebe, swan and a Stock dove

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On MOnday I thought I'd try out the grey squirrel 'trick' with the fz18. The grey squirrel photos are all uncropped

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Harrow Lodge Park

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Im getting closer to being up to date. Here are the photos from my visit to Harrow lodge Park the week before last. Walking along the river bank there were a number of robins

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