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Saturday, 14 December 2013

Exotic Mirfield!

Did my bit for the Meet the Birds day! Not the best turnout - But I knew about this beauty & was "Proper Itching" for a go! Nipped over to Ladywood lakes & watched it for a bit.
Managed a few half decent shots of this Great Northern Diver in the gloom.



What cracking feet they have!
Hopefully it's still there tomorrow in some sunshine.

Managed to get down again today - this cheeky G.C.Grebe tried sneaking past whilst watching the Diver.

Back to the main subject:
It took this pose whenever a B.H.Gull got within 6-8ft of it.

Light was a little better today.

Finally at the end of the day - A bit of good light!
Hope you can get down & see it - Once a year chance usually in West Yorkshire, & this one should be in winter plumage, as you can see it's heading that way now.

I have a couple of other shots as well on bird guides - Profile found here:
http://www.birdguides.com/iris/profile.asp?u=73202
In case you are interested!
Also other pictures from others too + different W.Yorks sites:
http://www.birdguides.com/sites/area.asp?a=121


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4 comments:

  1. Bruce16 December 2013 at 15:24

    Great set of pictures Barry

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    1. B.Nield16 December 2013 at 16:30

      Your Welcome Bruce - Nice to see somebody can follow the hint & come to this page where all is explained!
      Simple tempter for those locally & interested in seeing one! & completely useless for somebody abroad or many counties away as they can't, or too far, to get to Mirfield for a look.
      It may go full eclipse & be stuck there for another week or two, 8 days so far. Still got most of it's cracking markings. But beware!!!! It can be boring closing it's eyes & dozing off a lot lol.

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  2. Jeff Cox16 December 2013 at 18:34

    Nice pics of the Diver and wonderful to see an WYorks one in non-winter(ish) plumage.

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  3. David Sutcliffe16 December 2013 at 20:58

    Nice one Barry, that looks a belter. Thanks for putting the photo's on.

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