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  • Slow day at Frampton

    In bird and wildlife watching you have what I call Fast and Slow days, where everything is happening or nothing is. Today was definitely a Slow day at the RSPB Frampton Marsh Reserve. The weather was promised fine, as indeed it was on the 40 minute drive there, and there was a chance of the White Rumped Sandpiper (a North American bird) and some Snow Buntings. Well it was bright for a while and then the Lincolnshire GREY came upon us, the Sandpiper hadn't been seen and the Snow Buntings were only seen at a distance through the glass window of the visitor centre.
    There were a large number of Wigeon with their strange un-duck like whistling call, mainly sleeping or grazing:



    Some reluctantly took to the air for a few metres:



    The same went for the Dark bellied Brent Geese with their Auk like grunt, several thousand in fact:







    A silent Skylark or two:



    The only real highlight of the day was a lone Black tailed Godwit who was intent on posing to all-comers:







    All with the E-M1 and 75-300mm

    David

    Canon 7DII, Sigma 150-600mm Sport, Sigma 18-300mm, Sigma 8-16mm, National Geographic Expedition Carbon.

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    Re: Slow day at Frampton

    The day not entirely wasted. The B T Godwit is a cracking set.
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