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Cormorants and herons in raphaels park

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On Saturday morning I headed up to Raphaels Park, where there were 3 grey herons about

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Raphaels park - cormorants, mallards and a confused pair of great crested grebes

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On Mondays visit to Raphaels park my aim was to get some nice photos of grey squirrels and great crested grebes. But by the time the sun had risen high enough to hit the lake, the grebes had moved off to the back of the lake and the large number of dog walkers had scared the squirrels up the trees. I did however manage a few photos of some mallards in the morning sun

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Tame squirrels and macro fun

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Yesterday I headed to Raphaels Park a bit later than sunrise in the hope I would avoid the bulk of the dog walkers, which I had some success with. I wanted to avoid the dog walkers so the grey squirrels would be more cooperative and come close, so I could try out my new 100mm pentax macro lens :smile:

I had some success

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Cygent riding on its parents back - I challenge you to not go awwww...

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On saturday, after visiting Wake Valley Pond, I popped into Raphaels Park, and I so glad I did, because I was greeted with this sight

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Ingrebourne valley - birds and reptiles

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A couple of weeks ago I got early one morning to go looking for adders. The morning started well with a reed bunting

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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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Raphaels and bedfords

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Its been a while since I last posted, Ive been busy volunteering, with it being half term. But to start the catching up here are the photos from wednesday before last. The mallards are sensing spring is coming, with these to male 'bickering' over a female

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Snow in Bedfords, Rise and Raphaels Park

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Here are the photos from last Wednesday. The snow was still thick, despite the sunny weather and the fact it hadn't snowed for a day or two. Walking through Rise Park, I noticed something moving in the ditch right next to me. There, flicking leaves like a blackbird, a metre away, was redwing! It moved of but I could get within about 3m of it with ease, by far the tamest redwing I've ever encountered.

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Snowy Raphaels Park

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Here are the photos from last Tuesday, just after I managed to back to romford, after being delayed for a day by the snow. The view from Blacks bridge was whiter than usual

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Snowy wildlife

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On Monday before last we had a snow shower, so photography was on the cards. In Raphaels Park the lake was frozen

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