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The Much Maligned Flying Rat
2021 - 365 Project

007-365v4 The Much Maligned Flying Rat

We have a lot of birds visit our garden these days and I periodically photograph them, but very rarely do I photograph the pigeons that come along, so I did that today. The Gas man came round to fix the boiler and was very dismissive of the “Flying Rats” as

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Blue Tit on a log at Lackford Lakes
Birds

Birds at Lackford Lakes

Stepping back to April 2019 we visited Lackford Lakes in Suffolk (not far from Bury St Edmonds). Run by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust they have a number of bird hides with one particularly good for sightings of Kingfishers…because of this you can never get in 😉 Who needs Kingfishers anyway,

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Buzzard in flight
Birds

Buzzard Fly Past

We had our weekend walk around Rowney Woods near Saffrom Walden and saw a couple of Buzzrads flying in the distance. Unusually, 1 of them left his usual area and gave us a fly past as he headed off to pastures new.

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Time for a Snooze
Animals

Time for a Snooze

These seals at Horsey Gap are really very lazy…sleep, sleep, sleep is all they seem to do…or is it?

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Let Sleeping Pups Lie
Animals

Let Sleeping Pups Lie

I visited Horsey Gap in Norfolk on Saturday where there are over 1400 grey seal pubs…and their parents, gathered along the shore. It’s quite a sight. So here’s a super cute shot of just one of them who had clearly had a busy day.  

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A female sparrowhawk with kill
Birds

Birds of a Feather

This female Sparrowhawk caught her dinner in our back garden – I noticed the fact when I walked into the kitchen to make a cup of tea…you couldn’t miss all those feathers. I was able to pop my lens through the cat flap to get to the birds eye-level and

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Sika Deer in Bracken at Knole
Animals

Sika Deer in Bracken

We visited the deer park at Knole while we had a week’s holiday and saw plenty of the deer around – this is a Sika Deer who wasn’t too bothered about me photographing him.

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm a past Chairman and Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions. I have recently moved to Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders.