Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby drollyin » Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:00 pm

True Crowth haha
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby What? » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:07 pm

Captured today in Southend

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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby What? » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:47 pm

Taken today at Glenbarr Nursery

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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby Crowth » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:51 pm

A couple of absolutely superb shots there, What, particularly the bluetit.
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby What? » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:00 pm

Thanks :oops:
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby numberplease » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:11 pm

Love both pics What, but specially the blue tit, lovely.
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby drollyin » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:11 pm

Brilliant photo!
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby lochend » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:40 pm

Do you still have the gannets following the mackeral shoals into the harbour and diving spectacularily to catch them? Come to think of it do lads still catch mackeral, and what my fatherused to refer to as "glessyins,"off the old pier in the summer months?
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby LANDROVER ROGER » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:57 am

I was watching Gannets diving for food off Carradale beach.Spectacular bird.
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby What? » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:30 pm

Taken yesterday in Peninver

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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby What? » Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:25 pm

For lochend.

Gannet in Machrihanish

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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby EMDEE » Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:51 am

LANDROVER ROGER wrote:I was watching Gannets diving for food off Carradale beach.Spectacular bird.


Aye Roger, I would imagine the gannets would be pretty scarce in Staffordshire. :<>

Just as a piece of trivia did you know that our first Scottish First Minister Donald Dewar, was nicknamed "The Gannet"?
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby jdcarra » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:31 am

I have seen many gannet's performing in my fisherman days,magnificent aerobatic birds when diving. Not very often you will get this close to a gannet,but unfortunately despite looking well this bird (was ill) did not survive .

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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby What? » Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:58 pm

What a pity! Nice shot though, I have never got this close to one.
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Re: Kintyre's Bird and Wildlife.

Postby What? » Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:27 pm

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