Birds White Tailed Lapwing

[Uncle Kevriano]

Massively cropped from shots in crop mode, but this White Tailed Lapwing is a mega rare visitor in the UK, only the 7th ever recorded, though he has been touring around the country since October it seems. I wish he was closer, but he was only 20 minutes from home so I can't complain. Mega life tick.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 800

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Tim Mayo]

Congratulations Kev! Only 7 recordings is mega rare! You got some lovely shots too despite the heavy cropping. Good job you had the R4

 

[Jeff A]

Massively cropped from shots in crop mode, but this White Tailed Lapwing is a mega rare visitor in the UK, only the 7th ever recorded, though he has been touring around the country since October it seems. I wish he was closer, but he was only 20 minutes from home so I can't complain. Mega life tick.
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That's a handsome bird. Good job Kev! Why are you so lucky? I'm thinking you are making your own luck!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Congratulations Kev! Only 7 recordings is mega rare! You got some lovely shots too despite the heavy cropping. Good job you had the R4

Thanks Tim. Yes, that resolution comes into it's own at times. This bird has actually been touring the east coast since September. He was at Blacktoft Sands for 4 months, then moved down to Lincolnshire for a month and has just moved eastwards slowly. Hopefully he will stay here a bit longer and come closer, but I suspect he is finally making his way back to his home land (Southern Russia, Iran or Iraq). He obviously made a wrong turn on migration, they normally go to South Africa.

That's a handsome bird. Good job Kev! Why are you so lucky? I'm thinking you are making your own luck!

Thanks Jeff. Sometimes I do, yes, this one pretty much came to me. I read it was around, and it just happens to be 20 minutes from home. That said, the reserve made a new wetland last year, and so far it's really turning up some rarities for the UK, so it was a good move on their part.

 

[Sdawes]

Cracking set of a mega bird Kev

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Cracking set of a mega bird Kev

Cheers Steve.