Birds Male Stonechat

[Sdawes]

Must have had a nest nearby earlier this year as he was could always be found calling from this barbed wire fence at one of the local reserves.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 8000

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Lovely. Cracking birds, great posers.

 

[Sdawes]

Lovely. Cracking birds, great posers.

Cheers mate they certainly are

 

[jonhawk]

Great photo and love the way the bird is colour co-ordinated with the background!
Jonathan

 

[Tim Mayo]

Great shot Steve. Love the barbed perch and clean background!

 

[Sdawes]

Great photo and love the way the bird is colour co-ordinated with the background!
Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan

 

[Sdawes]

Great shot Steve. Love the barbed perch and clean background!

Thanks Tim , taken at Venus Pool NR just outside Shrewsbury at Cross Houses

 

[Tim Mayo]

Thanks Tim , taken at Venus Pool NR just outside Shrewsbury at Cross Houses

Funnily enough I was looking at Venus Pool the other day. Just need to grab a membership!

 

[Sdawes]

Funnily enough I was looking at Venus Pool the other day. Just need to grab a membership!

Its a nice reserve managed by Shropshire Ornithological Society . Well worth joining and two of the five hides at VP are members only. I also manage the programme of indoor speakers for the Society which showcase some great photographers and their images/ stories to support their presentations . Held on the first Wednesday of each month Jan-Apr and Oct-Dec .

 

[Tim Mayo]

Its a nice reserve managed by Shropshire Ornithological Society . Well worth joining and two of the five hides at VP are members only. I also manage the programme of indoor speakers for the Society which showcase some great photographers and their images/ stories to support their presentations . Held on the first Wednesday of each month Jan-Apr and Oct-Dec .

Thanks for the information Steve. I'll definitely join up as it's only around 45mins from where I am now. So far I've only really explored the Teme in Ludlow. We did make a trip up to Attingham Park on the weekend as well, I think we'll definitely be going back as my son loved the playground there and I enjoyed the deer and everything else!

 

[Sdawes]

Thanks for the information Steve. I'll definitely join up as it's only around 45mins from where I am now. So far I've only really explored the Teme in Ludlow. We did make a trip up to Attingham Park on the weekend as well, I think we'll definitely be going back as my son loved the playground there and I enjoyed the deer and everything else!

Venus Pool is only a five minute drive from Attingham Park