WWT Slimbridge

Back at the begining of February we made  visit to The Slimbridge Wetland Center in Gloucestershire. It was quite overcast but the birds where great fun watching. I was again using my new 100 - 400mm Mk1 Canon Lens, Still learning and still finding it a lovely lens. As it was overcast I started shooting at 1600 ISO and by the end of the day I was at 3200 ISO.

You can visit their website by clicking here http://www.wwt.org.uk/

Bottoms up

What are we looking for

Pigeon

Pigeon

Shelduck

Greylag Goose

Jackdaw

Greylag Goose landing

Jackdaw

Oystercatcher

Northern Pintail Duck

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Fighting Coots and other birds - St Albans Verulamium Park

Last Wednesday I went to Verulamium Park, St Albans with Friends Ann and Phil, to photograph the birds. Its a public park with a few lakes. There is an Island in the middle which we were able to see a couple of Herons. The main activity for the day was watching and enjoying the Fighting Coots.  I also spent a couple of hours in the Cathedral - Pictures another day.

Wicken Fen with the RPS Nature Group

Another chance to try using my new 100 - 400mm zoom lens today - out with the RPS (Royal Photographic Society). About 40 photographers descended on The Nation Trust Nature Reserve at Wicken Fen, quite a number of the people were from the Cambridge Camera Club too.

I spent the morning in two of the hides, the East Mere Hide and the West Mere Hide (Thanks to Phil Miles for helping me with camera settings).

After a welcome lunch at the Cafe (I had a sausage baguette - mmmm) I went for a short walk around the Boardwalk. The pictures here are from the morning session in the hides.

Thanks to Ann Miles for organising this event.