Tuesday, 23 June 2015

New Forest

Hampshire and the New Forest had many different varieties of birds. Some I'd never seen before, and some that were a little more familiar.
At Pennington Marsh in Lymington we had some good but distant views of Spoonbill. A little closer were Dunlin, Turnstone and Little Ringed Plover. Some large gulls were drifting in off the Solent. Such as this beast below.

Great Black-backed Gull.

This Little Tern was my first of the year, and it didn't hang around too long either.

On the New Forest itself there were plenty of Meadow Pipits busying themselves. Seen here on some gorse.


A male Stonechat in some very gloomy light.

29 comments:

  1. It's a number of years since I visited the New Forest but I remember how good the birding was around the heathland. Your pictures brought back some good memories Adam.

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  2. It's a number of years since I visited the New Forest but I remember how good the birding was around the heathland. Your pictures brought back some good memories Adam.

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  3. Nice action shots of the birds in flight. Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)

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  4. Impressed with the "action" photos especially - not easy getting clear shots of birds flying...

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  5. I love your photos. They are always so very clear. Your very talented. Thanks for sharing these.
    Angela x

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  6. Your photos are just beautiful. Love the tern in flight!

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  7. Great flight shots and awesome variety of birds!

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  8. the last two are such cute birds. :) always love terns.

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  9. Four lovely birds and it was especially lovely to see that great flight shot od the Little Tern.

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  10. Beautiful photos.

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  11. Wow, great shots. I'm going to have to get the children to take a look to hopefully inspire them!

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  12. Hi! Very beautiful photos. I like the first and last ones very much. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Hi! Very beautiful photos. I like the first and last ones very much. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. To everything - tern, tern, tern

    Those are great, Adam! Love the Little Tern action shot.
    ~

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  15. Beautiful images of birds and gulls.
    Photographed prefect.
    Best regards, Irma

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  16. Really nice shots! Sometimes they stay just long enough for that one click of the shutter! :-)

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  17. Nice gulls and forest birds!

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  18. Beautiful captures....happy Outdoor Wed

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  19. A delightful series of captures Adam. Thank you for sharing.

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  20. Beautiful bird pictures ! Seagulls always make me think of holidays in Eastbourne !

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  21. Very nice and love that Stonechat!

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  22. Lovely birds.... The gloomy light did not detract From your pictures. Why is it called New Forest?

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  23. so nice to see them all. Loved the image of your tern :)

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