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Watching The Birds
2014 - 365 Project

339/365v2 Watching The Birds

I’ve gone selfy mad – this is the second one in two weeks after having a maximum one per year policy…and often delivering less than that. Sat on the beach at Lower Holbrook in Suffolk…there was a lot of bird activity and it was just a lucky coincidence that the

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Fish Supper
2014 - 365 Project

335/365v2 Fish Supper

This Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) on Alton Water had just caught his fish supper when he spotted me and headed off in the opposite direction.

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Up On The Roof
2014 - 365 Project

333/365v2 – Up On The Roof

We had an extensive product shoot today – lots of my wife’s new projects needed to be photographed. We took some of the shots in the garden and whilst I was waiting for the next shot to be ready I saw this Wagtail on our roof.

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A Flock of Seagulls
2014 - 365 Project

315/365v2 A Flock of Seagulls

Full of cold today with a banging head and a sore throat…so took off into a good strong breeze and walked down the Suffolk coast from Stutton to Lower Holbrook…kill or cure! I’m not a birder and never know what I’m looking at (and don’t really have the kit, skill

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I'm Off
2014 - 365 Project

303/365v2 I’m Leaving

At lunchtime today I took a stroll around part of Alton Water in search of an Egret that I had seen the other day. There was no sign of the egret but i enjoyed this scene with the birds on the line…one clearly had had enough and left, in what

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Fly Away
2014 - 365 Project

297/365v2 Fly Away

A very dull grey day today. I took a quick drive up to Alton Water and saw all sorts of interesting birds – cormorants, great crested grebes, a robin, wagtails, blue tits, a lovely white Egret…and what do I bring back photographically…a seagull!

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A Lapwing and a Sandpiper
2014 - 365 Project

294/365v2 A Lapwing and a Sandpiper

I wouldn’t normally publish a photograph like this because, frankly, it’s not very good…but it excited me that, without knowing it, I had photographed a bird I’d never (knowingly) seen before, being the Lapwing. Now, I’m in no way a twitcher, but since I took up photography I have certainly

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Swans on Alton Water
2014 - 365 Project

245/365v2 Swans on Alton Water

These swans came straight across to me when I stepped down onto the edge of the lake – obviously looking for food, I thought…but no – they marched up out of the water hissing at me…charming!

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Moorhen Male and Juvenile
2014 - 365 Project

244/365v2 Moorhen Adult and Juvenile

There’s a small pond next door to the office and I’ve seen these two moorhens popping in and out to feed on the grass. Everytime they see me they immediately dive into the cover around the pond. So this afternoon you could find me dangling out of the window taking

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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.