Some pictures from the week

All week I've been down and around the Rivelin Valley, It has been a true and fruitful week first kingfisher and yesterday when I went back to the kingfisher I saw a lot of waxwings and they are very rare here in England but in recent years it has come more o more of them. Seems like there is a shortage of food berries in the north, and that's why they're coming this way.
The kingfisher that I would try to shoot by spending some time inside the camouflauge, but as I feared, it was not there. I was waiting for it in 2 hours but it did not show up so I had to pack up and move on. On the way home, I passed a large flock of long-tailed tit's always fun to watch as they fly from tree to tree in their food search and with their chirping sound. These birds are not shy either, so you can get as close as 2-3m, but it is still tricky to take pictures of them for they are quick and usually deep in the bushes and trees.

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Waxving/Sidensvans

Waxving/Sidensvans

Long-tailed tit/Stjärtmes

Shiny rock

Warm and cold

Jay/Nötskrika watching over his land

Morning pics from Endcliff Park

This morning I went out early, I would go down to Endcliff Park and it takes about 25min to go there. I wanted to be there before the sun was up, and to be first in place then you have more chance to see some birds before they fly away scared of dogs and people. And this morning it was 5 mandarin ducks on site, 3 males and 2 females.
So I tried to shoot them in the dim light, to get a little more abstract pictures because it was not possible to get the sharp images mostly because they swam all the time.
They were there for a while when it was light, too, and then I was able to get a little closer they were otherwise entitled shy and kept away.
Then I went for a walk in the oak woods and looked at all the squirrels that is busy to hoard food for the winter. After been out for 2.5 hours i went home.

 

Camera eguipment i used: nikon 3Ds, nikon 200-400mm f4 lens and a monopod.

 

Abstrakt, mandarin

Male mandarin with 2 females behind him

Moorhen standing in the stream

Long-tailed tit