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Birds, Insects & Bats in flight (outdoors) Page 19
Image Taken on 02 Jul 2023
at 12:19 Image of day on 26 Aug 2023
White Convolvulus flower appear each year along one side of the east-west
path across the centre of the meadow. This photo also caught a Marmalade Hover-fly
making the most of the nectar.
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Ref: 20230826_df3_20230702_1219_010 convolvulus white flowers (1st of 2023) with marmalade hover-fly(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Oct 2010
at 10:59 Image of day on 06 Dec 2010
Next morning a much rarer siting - a cormorant flying over our patch.
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Image Taken on 05 Oct 2014
at 10:12 Image of day on 14 Dec 2014
Another sequence (not accurately spaced) gives you a closer look
at the Cormorant's wings in up and down positions.
 @5fps 09+10 of 10 (close montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20141214_df2_20141005_1012_132+133 cormorant in flight (selected) @5fps 09+10 of 10 (close montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Aug 2017
at 10:32 Image of day on 05 Oct 2017
Passes by a couple of Cormorants, not as high as usual, gave us a chance for
some pics.
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Ref: 20171005_df3_20170815_1032_110 cormorant in flight 03 of 10 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 05 May 2016
at 07:48 Image of day on 12 Jun 2016
This cormorant in flight happened to be near a well defined airliner contrail
which provides a 'static' reference that allows re-construction of accurate spacing.
We are not fond of Airliner contrails (which sometimes veil the whole otherwise clear sky)
but this one (bottom right) was at least 'useful'.
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Ref: 20160612_df3_20160505_0748_356-360 cormorant in flight 1-5 of 5 (accurate montage by contrail)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Aug 2017
at 10:32 Image of day on 05 Oct 2017
These 4 images are accurately montaged against the clouds - these are big birds that really
pick up some speed.
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Ref: 20171005_df3_20170815_1032_123-126 cormorant in flight across clouds 1-4 of 4 (accurate montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 05 Oct 2014
at 10:12 Image of day on 14 Dec 2014
We occasionally see a Cormorant or pair flying high overhead, but here a single
bird gave us this chance for a reasonably close image.
Accurately positioned at about 5 fps .
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Ref: 20141214_df2_20141005_1012_104-107 cormorant in flight over lombardy poplar @5fps 6-9 of 9 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Dec 2017
at 08:12 Image of day on 29 Jan 2018
We usually see Cormorants as individuals, occasionally a pair, high flying overhead,
so this skein of 8 was a first. The skein gradually drifted in our direction
before splitting momentarily into groups of 3 and 5, one of the groups shown here.
 in flight 3 of 5 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20180129_df3_20171226_0812_051 3 cormorants (of 8) in flight 3 of 5 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Apr 2014
at 06:38 Image of day on 27 May 2014
We don't often seen Cormorants flying over, but about 20 minutes after
dawn this pair flew almost overhead from the South.
Whenever we see them they manage with very little wing movement.
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Ref: 20140527_df2_20140408_0638_019-021 2 cormorants flying overhead 1-3 of 3 (arbitrary montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Dec 2017
at 08:13 Image of day on 29 Jan 2018
The 2 groups then merged back together into a neat Skein that flew almost overhead.
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Ref: 20180129_df3_20171226_0813_073 8 cormorants making skein in flight 1 of 3 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Sep 2016
at 15:50 Image of day on 24 Oct 2016
The Red Kite appeared with a Corvid 'snapping at its heels' as it chased
away the Kite
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Ref: 20161024_d72_20160908_1550_051-055 corvid harassing red kite in flight @ 10fps 1-5 of 6 (horizontally stretched montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Jun 2008
at 07:40 Image of day on 23 Jun 2008
Out at 07:40 watching for larks, kestrel or anything else heard a
distant cuckoo call and saw a distant atypical bird flying in our
general direction. Beats the usual cuckoo call right over your
head as a sort of 'missed me'.
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Ref: 20080623_dc1_20080613_0740_018 cuckoo in flight (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 28 Apr 2008
at 17:45 Image of day on 12 May 2008
A first for us - a fly-over by a curlew in the evening sunshine.
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Ref: 20080512_da1_20080428_1745_031 curlew in flight (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 20 May 2020
at 12:43 Image of day on 18 Jun 2020
Over the meadow area there are dozens of these Azure Damselflies.
This is a male in flight.
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Ref: 20200618_d73_20200520_1243_013 damselfly azure male in flight(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Apr 2015
at 14:59 Image of day on 24 May 2015
This Drone-fly was hovering over one of our meadow paths. We
photographed one at a fast enough shutter speed (1/8000 sec) to
almost freeze the wing motion . These are NOT consecutive frames
- just 3 reasonable efforts arranged for effect.
Drone flies are Honey Bee mimics (making predators wary of being
stung) but Swallows can somehow tell the difference, and gobble them up!
 hovering 1-3 of 3 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20150524_df3_20150408_1459_498+503+506 drone-fly (eristalis tenax) hovering 1-3 of 3 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 19 Nov 2015
at 15:48 Image of day on 04 Jan 2016
A Bluetit in flight and a male Chaffinch in a single shot.
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Ref: 20160104_e63_20151119_1548_054_fb1 dunnock + chaffinch female + bluetit in flight + chaffinch male (adjusted crop)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 21 Sep 2022
at 07:04 Image of day on 24 Oct 2022
This looks to us like a heavy collision between two Dunnocks both apparently flying in
to land in opposite directions. It not a line of site effect - the shadow of the bird on
the left clearly shows an almost zero gap between them.
No injuries as far as we know.
 in flight (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg)
Ref: 20221024_e6a_20220921_0704_140_fb5 2 dunnock colliding (q) in flight (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Mar 2019
at 08:32 Image of day on 16 Apr 2019
This Dunnock was fluttering her (?) wings in the top of the hedge,
and we expected a male to visit and courtship feed her. But he didn't.
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Ref: 20190416_df3_20190326_0832_145+148+151 dunnock fluttering wings in hedge top 1+2+6 of 6 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jan 2016
at 07:57 Image of day on 01 Mar 2016
A Dunnock and a female Chaffinch having a little set-to.
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Ref: 20160301_e62_20160126_0757_032_fb5 dunnock in flight attacking chaffinch female on ground (crop 2)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Jun 2011
at 19:12 Image of day on 22 Jul 2011
Dunnock doing a lovely more than 90 degree banking turn while
keeping the head nearly vertical.
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Ref: 20110722_d45_20110614_1912_078_fb1 dunnock in flight banking past vertical (crop 1)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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