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red squirrels & snow bunting, mersea island

Post by andygolfer » Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:39 am

I was in my caravan at Mersea island for 4 days last week and did a bit of wildlife photography.
On Wednesday I went out to look for red squirrels which are becoming more common as the reintroduction scheme has really worked well. I saw a few in the trees but wasn't quick enough to photograph them but this one obliged nicely as it ran along a fence, it can obviously read well!....

Imagered squirrel mersea island 28-10-2020 8089 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagered squirred mersea island 28-10-2020 8087 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagered squirred mersea island 28-10-2020 8046 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr


on Monday I went to the East Mersea beach to look for an early snow bunting and it was very co-operative.....
Imagesnow bunting 26-10-2020 7165 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagesnow bunting 26-10-2020 7186 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagesnow bunting 26-10-2020 7476 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagesnow bunting 26-10-2020 7542 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a few other bits and pieces......

winter must be on the way as the brent geese are moving in...
Imagebrent geese mersea 26-10-2020 7089 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

as are the widgeon
Imagewidgeon mersea 26-10-2020 7110 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagewidgeon mersea 26-10-2020 7115 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a rather noisy jay..
Imagejay mersea island 28-10-2020 8012 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a slightly elusive goldcrest
Imagegoldcrest mersea island 28-10-2020 8031 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

there are a few more in my flickr wildlife 2020 album ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 3253209526 )

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Re: red squirrels & snow bunting, mersea island

Post by Nighthawke » Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:12 pm

Beautiful set Andy of some lovely species, many of which I have either not seen or yet to photograph. That red squirrel in mid air and the widgeon "gear up" are fabulous. Living on the edge of Thetford Forest I only get grey squirrels running along the fence and in the trees just outside.

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Re: red squirrels & snow bunting, mersea island

Post by andygolfer » Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:49 pm

Nighthawke wrote:
Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:12 pm
Beautiful set Andy of some lovely species, many of which I have either not seen or yet to photograph. That red squirrel in mid air and the widgeon "gear up" are fabulous. Living on the edge of Thetford Forest I only get grey squirrels running along the fence and in the trees just outside.
thanks - I thought there were still red squirrels in thetford forest

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Re: red squirrels & snow bunting, mersea island

Post by Nighthawke » Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:13 am

There may well be as there is/was a long-term project for a breeding program to attempt to release some among the greys. The intention I believe was to study the effects of shared habitat and also the virus that the greys carry and kills off the reds. Time will tell I guess but I'm not holding my breath.

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Re: red squirrels & snow bunting, mersea island

Post by Mike » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:20 am

Very nice, Andy. :) :thumb:
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