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May 10, 2007 09:50 |  #1

A master of aerial manoeuvres and a beautiful bird.

No.1

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No.2
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No.3
and one of it's chicks ( only counted four )
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May 10, 2007 11:18 |  #2

and you have 2 of the best shot's iv seen of these great IQ on them.
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May 10, 2007 11:54 |  #3

These are great shots! These are well exposed and just plain good shots! I like them all. Well done Alan.


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May 10, 2007 12:27 as a reply to  @ kr88's post |  #4

Excellent shots.
I love the irridescence on the first shot.
You did really well getting so close to them, ive found lapwings over here are one of the most twitchiest birds going.


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May 10, 2007 12:40 |  #5

What a pretty colored bird~great shots


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May 10, 2007 12:46 |  #6

Great shots, as said how did you manage to get so close.... The ones near me are the most nervous of birds....


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May 10, 2007 12:46 as a reply to  @ Miniflash's post |  #7

Great shots,love this bird,makes a great call like a kazoo :D



  
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May 10, 2007 14:34 |  #8

Great shots, especially #1.


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May 10, 2007 14:59 |  #9

Nice shots. The adult Lapwings were giving one of the local Herons some serious stick when it got too close to the chicks! :lol:


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May 10, 2007 15:18 as a reply to  @ kipper's post |  #10

Great shots Alan, love #1 the colour and detail are superb. Well done on them all. :)


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May 10, 2007 15:30 |  #11

Great shots. I haven't seen Lapwing shots as good as these, or as close.
In some places the Lapwing is known as the Peewit, because of the cry it makes,


If I am out there, and keep pressing the button, I might get a good one! ;)

  
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May 10, 2007 16:01 |  #12

Wow the colours on that first shot! Beautiful pictures of my favourite all time bird! Don't you just find those (f)lapping wings and quick manoeuvres mesmerising!?


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May 10, 2007 18:21 |  #13

Rob, Keith, Pete, Deb, PeterUK300, adifor, rocklyons, kipper, Phil, paulrus and olly k, Many thanks for your kind words - it's great to be back!. Yes these birds are very skittish and wary of humans but I was in a hide ( a 'stop' I think in the US ) on a WWT site in Washington, N.E.England and couldn't belive my luck as this bird with her chicks just kept comming & comming ending up about 4 meters away - you gotta keep still!!. My luck held as about half hour later a family of Greylag came wadering by - will post later.
Once again Many thanks and kind regards Alan.


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May 11, 2007 15:36 |  #14

Nice shots Sharpy. Think both of our luck was in that day as I think we caught the same Lapwings. You must have been there earlier than me as you have great lighting. It was a bit overcast when I took my pictures https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=317080 :D




  
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May 11, 2007 15:54 |  #15

Lovley sharp shots Alan, never seen one that close, nice colours.


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