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Monday, 26 November 2012

Martin Mere and The Whoopers

I just love visiting Martin Mere in the winter and seeing the beautiful Whooper Swans, freshly returned from their summer breeding grounds in Iceland. They are such beautiful and graceful birds, amazing characters and flipping noisy. It was a bitterly cold afternoon when Sharon and I visited and I really fely for her sat freezing while i rattled off some great shots in the lovely afternoon light. But she had a good time following the Peregrines in the binoculars, and as it was the North West Birdwatching Fair we hada  chance to have a look around the various trade stands there. On this visit I concentrated on getting some shots of the wing stretching of these beautiful birds... hope you enjoy....

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15 comments:

  1. Exquisite Gary, and the Peregrine Falcon on the post....Whooooa!!

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    1. Superb blog...whooper pics are brilliant. It would have been great to see you and Sharon at Martin Mere. From Findlay
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  2. Your Whooper pictures are so brilliant. It would have been great to see you and Sharon at Martin Mere. From Findlay

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    1. Thanks Findlay, hopefully we'll get to see you some time, you just keep enjoying what you are doing!

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  3. Superb shots Gary, the whoopers are beautiful and what a splendid bonus with a peregrine.

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    1. Thanks Dave, musr admit I was lost in the Whoopers, just love em, but Sharon was following the Peregrines all over!

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  4. Oh my ....
    I've been so pleased with the photos I've taken with my little 'bridge' camera but they look so mediocre when compared to professional shots like these. What fabulous photos Gary.
    Sharon is so lucky to have such wonderful reference photos to work from. Great teamwork you two!!
    Look forward to seeing photos from your next outing

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  5. Cracking images of the whoopers swans Gary, now following your blog and will revisit to view other posts later.

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  6. Great shots, Gary. Love the 'conducting-the-orchestra' pose in the first pic.

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  7. Superb shots Gary, really beautiful and the light was perfect! A first class performance of 'Swan Lake' at its very best :-)

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  8. Nice images Gary, where did you scrounge up that sunshine from! :-)

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  9. Brilliant images Gary,these swans are so photogenic.I was there saturday but no sunshine.Very well done.

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  10. Gary, these are all such amazing shots!!! I got lost [in peaceful admiration] in the eye of the swan nuzzling its bill into its wing. He/she has such a warm expression. :)

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  11. Gary. I have spent time at Martin Mere over the last few days..I must have missed you both on Saturday. Great shots of the whoopers enjoying the sunshine.I too have enjoyed my time there but have concentrated on the peregrines and pink feet. Well done.

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Thanks for dropping by, any comments you may have are greatly appreciated.
Gary