I spent a day birding in suffolk on Tuesday, firstly at Bawdsey looking for firecrests (Britain's smallest bird) and soon found one and managed a couple of reasonable pics, here's one of it:
then after a hunt for short eared owls (which we saw but they were too far off for a reasonable photo) we spent the afternoon at RSPB Minsmere which culminated in a starling murmuration with about 40000 birds coming in to roost in the reed beds. They circled for about 1/2 hour gradually getting into a more and more compact flock before dropping into the reeds - quite a spectacular sight, here's 3 pics of them flocking together...
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firecrest and a starling murmuration 4-3-2014
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firecrest and a starling murmuration 4-3-2014
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Re: firecrest and a starling murmuration 4-3-2014
Very nice! Firecrests are never easy to see never mind photograph, well done
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