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Birds - Herons, Egret & Snipe Page 8
Image Taken on 06 Apr 2020
at 16:01 Image of day on 22 Apr 2020
Very occasional sightings of a Little Egrets is here supplemented by an arrival of this one
on the tip of a tree ...
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Image Taken on 03 Jul 2011
at 17:45 Image of day on 15 Aug 2011
A couple of frames on from the above, the egret might have noticed us,
but we are apparently in the 'harmless' category!
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Image Taken on 27 May 2013
at 10:32 Image of day on 07 Jul 2013
A slightly horizontally stretched montage (at about 7 fps) of a
little Egret Flying past.
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Image Taken on 03 Jul 2011
at 17:45 Image of day on 15 Aug 2011
Another Little Egret flyby along the side of our patch.
Even taken at about 7 frames/second these images are show much
to close together to get them into one image.
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Ref: 20110815_df1_20110703_1745_114-116 little egret flyby at 7fps 5-7of 7 (arbitrary montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 27 May 2013
at 10:32 Image of day on 07 Jul 2013
Accurate montage (at about 7 fps) of a little Egret Flying past.
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Ref: 20130707_df1_20130527_1032_032-034 little egret flyby into headwind 01-03 of 13 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 31 Jan 2015
at 12:41 Image of day on 10 Mar 2015
After the initial excitement of a small flock of Little Egrets a few weeks ago,
sighting are rare. This one was flying fast 'with the wind' here
photographed at 7 frames per second - so a bit over half a second
of flight here.
The church spire is that of Hanslope Church.
The wires are courtesy of the National Grid, put up about a
decade ago and have spoiled the Northern view ever since.
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Ref: 20150310_df2_20150131_1241_187-191 little egret flying against hanslope church spire 1-5 of 5 (accurate montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 18 Sep 2016
at 08:42 Image of day on 05 Nov 2016
This lovely Little Egret (species common name) flew along the brook, and then
unexpectedly turned round and came back a bit closer giving time to get the
camera better adjusted. The very out of focus tree top in the middle is a young
Lombardy Poplar along the track while lower left and right are huge trees at the
brook edge. The spacing are accurate at about 7fps.
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Ref: 20161105_df3_20160918_0842_076-080 little egret flying along line of brook 1-5 of 7 (accurate montage @7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Jan 2013
at 12:50 Image of day on 02 Mar 2013
A pair of Little Egrets are making occasional forays where we can see them.
This one flew by to the north - this is an accurate montage.
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Ref: 20130302_df1_20130126_1250_085-090 little egret flying along line of brook to north 1-6 of 6 (accurate montage 1 @7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Oct 2012
at 12:37 Image of day on 06 Nov 2012
AH! there is the Little Egret, a speck in the distance, back from
months of apparent absence. Ooh - look - its coming this way!
The strong wind means what looks like ordinary flight become a vertical climb
accurately montaged using cloud edges cropped from this image.
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Ref: 20121106_df1_20121002_1237_131-133 little egret flying by 14-16 of 32 (accurate montage bottom to top @ 5fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Oct 2012
at 12:37 Image of day on 06 Nov 2012
The uniform grey sky on this montage of the egret means
we can make this 'impression' undoubtedly too closely spaced.
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Image Taken on 14 Mar 2011
at 13:19 Image of day on 12 Apr 2011
A couple of days later possibly the same bird did a nice flyby.
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Ref: 20110412_df1_20110314_1319_009-011 little egret flying by and calling 06-08 of 26 (vertical montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Mar 2011
at 13:19 Image of day on 12 Apr 2011
At the end of this flyby we got a characteristic call.
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Ref: 20110412_df1_20110314_1319_038 little egret flying by and calling 23 of 26 (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 06 Apr 2020
at 16:02 Image of day on 22 Apr 2020
... and then launching downwards a minute later.
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Image Taken on 13 Apr 2015
at 17:41 Image of day on 01 Jun 2015
A Little Egret flew around the brook and eventually came to land
in a field occupied by Ewes and their lambs. Unfortunately the
bird landed a bit to the left at a place hidden by trees.
The bird is accurately montaged at about 7 fps but the 3 sheep
bottom right have been moved left a little for a better effect.
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Ref: 20150601_df3_20150413_1741_057-062 little egret flying over field of sheep & lambs 1-6 of 6 (accurate montage adjusted)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 16 Feb 2013
at 10:12 Image of day on 27 Mar 2013
An occasional view of 2 recently re-appeared Little Egrets
delights us. This is an accurate montage of one of them at about 7 fpsBR
What a beautiful pristine bird against the drab tones of a murky day!
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Ref: 20130327_df1_20130216_1012_075-080 little egret flying over fields to north 1-6 of 6 (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 31 Jan 2021
at 11:05 Image of day on 27 Feb 2021
Another irregular sighting of a Little Egret.
Here most of the feet are again black with mud, but this time the claw tips are clearly
the yellow we expect for this species.
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Ref: 20210227_d73_20210131_1105_017-019 little egret flying over leamington farmhouse 1-3 of 3 (accurate montage @10fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Oct 2012
at 12:38 Image of day on 06 Nov 2012
Its right overhead!
The uniform grey sky on this montage of the egret means
we can make this 'impression' undoubtedly too closely spaced.
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Ref: 20121106_df1_20121002_1238_188-190 little egret flying overhead 1-3 of 4 (arb montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Jun 2011
at 11:08 Image of day on 30 Jul 2011
After several weeks of only distant sightings (usually just one)
of a pair of Little Egrets, this one did us proud with this
flyover catching the light in a magical way. This is 3 successive
frames in the right order over about 0.3 seconds but montaged
purely for effect.
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Ref: 20110730_df1_20110622_1108_095-97 little egret flying overhead @ 7fps 1-3 of 5 (artistic montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Oct 2011
at 10:56 Image of day on 01 Dec 2011
This Little Egret flew right over our meadow.
This montaged selection of images is for enjoyment rather than accuracy.
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Ref: 20111201_df1_20111015_1056_217+221+223 little egret flying south east (discontinuous) 03+05+07 of 11 (arbitrary montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Apr 2022
at 17:45 Image of day on 08 May 2022
Few sightings of Little Egrets recently until this one flew by at high speed in
the North East direction, and disappeared from sight.
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Ref: 20220508_df3_20220408_1745_153 little egret in flight(r+mb id@768).jpg
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