Saturday 7 March 2009

On unexpected sunshine

Today the weather forecast was uniformly dull and grey, but I decided I needed some fresh air in my lungs so I headed down to St Aldhelm's Head (near Swanage in Dorset). The plan was to see if I could find any early guillemots or terns. Sadly there were none - although I saw plenty of gulls, fulmars and rock pippits. The highlight of the day, however, was this peregrine falcon.



I spotted it initially because it was being mobbed by a number of jackdaws. After that it made several passes along the cliff at a distance and then one very near flyby during which I managed this shot. Not the greatest peregrine photograph. Sadly its flying out of the sun so its head is in shadow - but it is the first time I've managed to get a camera on a wild peregrine so I'm reasonably pleased with it.

8 comments:

  1. I'm not surprised you're pleased with that picture :) Great shot!

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  2. I like how you caught it banking and with its tail feathers all spread out.

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  3. Beautiful. Lovely colour palette.

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  4. Ouah and you got it well captured. A wonderful picture full of movement. It looks like guillemot and puffins are not here neither but I will go to check at the end of the week!!

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  5. That's a spectacular flight shot. Congrats. This is not an easy to photograph subject and you have done extremely well.

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  6. I'd be very pleased with that image, I wished it was mine. 've only seen these birds from afar.

    Dave

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  7. ...beautiful Peregrine Falcon flight capture! Perfect viewing of the feathers...

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  8. You can be extremely pleased with it, it's an excellent shot. Very well captured, clean and sharp picture.

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