we live on the Cornish side of the Tamar Valley. We go out most days and take photos. If you want to see pictures of local scenes etc click on the labels at the side of the blog. There are hundreds of photographs of flora, fauna and things of local interest on this blog and I strongly encourage you to explore it by using the blog search facility. If you want to see where a photo was taken, use the link below to google maps. Our location is Lat: 50.549842N Long: 4.319639W approx.
Sunday, December 04, 2011
snipe starling
a starling looking very smart after the autumn moult. The new feathers have creamy tips that stand out from the dark background, and the back feathers are paler brown than in the summer. Below is a snipe caught in mid flight. This was one of a party of 6 or 7, small groups like this are called wisps. There are two types of snipe, common and Jack. This is probably the common snipe becausethe wisp was feeding on very damp marsh land. They are extremely quick on the wing.
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2 comments:
And are you on the camera! Nice shot! (Of course, I enlarged for a closer look!)
no, as usual we were running in the opposite direction!
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