Lackford Lakes wildlife.

Sorry this is a little image heavy ( 14 shots ), but I had probably my best day out with the camera to date in my humble opinion.


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BF 002

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CC 003

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CC and CCC 001

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CCC 009

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DF 010

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G 002

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Heron 003

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KF 001

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KF 015

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KF 027

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Moorhen 002

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RW 007

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RW 005

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RW 021


Thank you for looking.

Beautiful set Rich, I always wanted to capture a Kingfisher, never seem to pick the right spot. That shot with the fish in his mouth is great ! Well done.

Many thanks Baz. These were all taken at Lackford lakes nr Bury St Edmund's a Suffolk Wildlife site. They are busy catching fish to feed their young, therefore this is a good time to catch them. Last year we saw Kingfishers on 5 different lakes. It is a case of patience. The lakes are open dawn to dusk with the visitors centre 10-5 in the summer. A one pound voluntary donation for parking is all they ask. They were all handheld/resting on the hide opening with the Nikon D7100 with 300mm/f4 lens with 1.4x tele converter. I also switched on the cameras extra 1.3x crop. This took me up to the 35mm equivalent of 819mm.

A lot of images to comment on each individually but a lovely variety.

Took nearly 1000 shots on Friday Phil in the 9+ hours we were there. Have cut that back to 120 shots.

Wow Richard thats a lot of photos to go through. A fine mixed set, very good images.

Ha ha I know Mossy, but I'd rather bin over 800 than miss getting a good shot. But this time I did go OTT.