Oscar writes: When I spent some time at Minsmere in the spring of 2014 one of the things I saw but never managed to photograph was the confrontations between Bitterns and Marsh Harriers. Whenever a Marsh Harrier hunting over the reed bed happened to pass near a Bittern’s nest the latter would shoot up out…
Category: THE PHOTOGRAPHS: by Tim Melling, Oscar Dewhurst, Paul Leyland, Guy Shorrock, Brian Leecey
Oscar Dewhurst – Little Egrets
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Oscar writes: This was taken in the same place as last week’s Little Egrets, but this time shows both both birds as one chases the other through the water. Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S II lens, Nikon 1.4x TC
Oscar Dewhurst – Little Egret
Oscar writes: This Little Egret was being chased around by another bird on a small pool in the reeds. This was taken just as it landed again in the water. Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S II lens, Nikon 1.4x TC
Oscar Dewhurst – Hobby
Oscar writes: This was taken from outside the Bittern hide at Minsmere during the spring. On warm days the Hobbies would hunt over the reed bed for most of the day, delighting visitors with their antics. I spent several hours in there trying to photograph them as they hurtled past the hide at lightning speed!…
Oscar Dewhurst – Oystercatcher
Oscar writes: I had been sitting in the East Hide at Minsmere for most of the morning with not much to photograph other than a couple of flyby Avocets. This Oystercatcher circled around the scrape a couple of times calling, and I was glad to see I’d got one image with its beak open. Nikon…
Oscar Dewhurst – Linnets
Oscar writes: While I was at Minsmere walking around the scrape one morning another photographer pointed out a family of Linnets that he’d been photographing. The parents were gathering food and then feeding the recently-fledged chicks on the path so I lay down and started crawling closer. Before long the adult male returned and was…
Oscar Dewhurst – Cormorant, Great White Egret and Grey Heron
Oscar writes: This Great White Egret had been hanging around Minsmere near the island mere hide for several weeks but I had only had brief and distant flight views in the past. Walking into the hide early one morning I was surprised to see it perched on the wooden bar in the middle of the…
Oscar Dewhurst – Spotted Flycatcher
Oscar writes: this Spotted Flycatcher turned up one day at Minsmere over the Spring in the bushes behind East Hide. I don’t see them much down at home in London so was pleased to be able to get a few images of one here. It was catching flies in the scrub and fortunately this…
Oscar Dewhurst – Little Owl
Oscar writes: while I was in Richmond Park one evening I was told about a family of little owls with two chicks that had been seen in a small bit of woodland. Next morning I was up at 3.45 to get there for before sunrise, and as I approached the trees I could immediately see…
Oscar Dewhurst – Chaffinch
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Oscar writes: this Chaffinch was singing from the top of the gorse bushes in the car park at Minsmere. I was able to find a spot to photograph it from with a tree behind it, giving a nice clean green background. Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S II, Nikon 1.4x TC Mark writes: it’s not…