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Ken Dee Marshes
Today the weather forecast was for sunny spells with any cloud burning off by mid morning. When we left home it was 9 degrees and rising with a watery sun hidden in a cloudy sky. By the time we reached the RSPB reserve at Ken Dee Marshes, it was very dull and misty with a [...]
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Also tagged birds, canada geese, dumfries, galloway, great tit, heron, ken dee, loch ken, nikon d300, pheasant, rspb, sigma 150-500, Wildlife
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Lochwinnoch RSPB
Todays post is from yesterday’s trip to Lochwinnoch RSPB. A few brighter spells in the morning this time meant that I could get the ISO lowered for the first time to really try the Sigma 150-500 out. Even though there wasn’t many different birds at the feeder, the ones I did capture looked sharp enough [...]
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Also tagged birds sigma, lochwinnoch, rspb, scotland, sigma 150-500, Wildlife
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Red Kites
Yesterday saw me at Bellymack Hill Farm where I managed to get some shots of Red Kites. These birds are an endangered species that was reintroduced to Dumfries & Galloway in 2001, and now numbers are starting to increase.
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Also tagged bellymack hill, birds, dumfries, galloway wildlife, loch ken, nikon d300, red kite, rspb, sigma 150-500
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First outing with Sigma 150-500
I spent yesterday at the RSPB hides at Ken Dee marshes. The conditions weren’t the best, it was a very dull day with snow on the ground and intermittent rain showers. The poor light made it a stern test for the new Sigma and the D300. All these shots were taken at ISO 1600 and [...]
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Also tagged birds, galloway, ken dee, loch ken, nikon d300, rspb, sigma 150-500, tits
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