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Jan 02, 2009 11:36 |  #1

Was watching a pair of these in some local fields this afternoon & just had to go home and get my camera - pretty sure they're Stonechats.

They kept landing on twiggy plants then hopped down into the long grass then back to the 'perch' again.
Interesting to watch, but they wouldn't let me get too close with the 100 -400.
The 500 would have been ideal but a bit too far from home to carry it.

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Jan 02, 2009 12:14 |  #2

Lovely shots, that is a female. I found quite a lot when I was in Spain....in fact I found them a lot easier to photograph there!


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Jan 02, 2009 12:36 |  #3

Thanks Dave.
I hadn't seen any of these for a couple of years so I was a bit taken aback to see them today.


  
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Jan 03, 2009 11:23 |  #4

Nice to see these were still about today, so managed to grab a few more pics.

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