Saturday 19 June 2010

Wetlands and woodpeckers

Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the Wildfowl and Wetlands trust centre at Arundel in West Sussex. It was a highly relaxing day, with a lot of action from the hides. Strangely though for a wetland centre the highlight of the day for me was a greater-spotted woodpecker. I see these birds frequently but have seldom managed to get close enough for a photograph.



The wetland centre, however, has a small bird feeding station and whilst I was there watching numerous finches and tits squabbling over the feeders, this greater spotted flew in to see what all the fuss was about. The area was quite dark - but after a while it moved round to the lighter side of the trees and afforded me a few decent shots.

5 comments:

  1. This is a beautiful shot Ian, and they are not that easy to get pictures off... Well done!

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  2. Very nice image. Nice, natural light. You see so many similar pics with flash blowing the detail...nice one Ian. Clive

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  3. Lovely Woodpecker, very similar to our Hairy and Downies.

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  4. WOW... what a nice capture. Great natural light and a perfect timing... Really enjoyed it. ;)

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