Yesterday my friend and I spent the best part of a very cold day at Martin Mere Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Centre in Lancashire. It's a fabulous place for getting close views of a variety of ducks, geese and swans. The tricky part from a photographer's point of view is isolating birds amongst the melee outside the hides. I concentrated on close-ups and profiles of the beautiful Whooper Swans.
Other highlights of the day included at least 4 Marsh Harriers, 2 Sparrowhawks, a very distant Barn Owl and fabulous but brief views of a Tawny Owl.
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Drake Pintail photographed at Martin Mere last Winter |
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Whoopers in the snow last winter |
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Male Brambling from the Janet Kear hide last winter |
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The Barn Owl we saw yesterday was about a kilometer away, this was a much more obliging bird in Norfolk a few years ago. |
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