Roswell Pits Ely - The Real Roswell Incident

Green Woodpecker - Ant Hunting

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:52:00 +0000

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Feeding Kingfisher (Juvenile I think...)

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Observe

Locate

Dive

Surface

Rest... (missed!)

Same Kingfisher - Gets it right

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Locate...

Dive!

Eat!

Roe Deer - Male

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:58:00 +0000

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Kingfisher

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Marsh Harrier - Young Female

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:49:00 +0000

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Settling Ponds - Two Pots of Gold

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:23:00 +0000

Mute Swan Cygnets

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:08:00 +0000

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Tufted Duck

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:06:00 +0000

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Bab Chick (AKA Little Grebe)

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:01:00 +0000

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Great Crested Grebe Feeding Young

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:51:00 +0000

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Young Great Crested Grebes

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:28:00 +0000

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Reed Bunting - Male

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:43:00 +0000

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Cuckoo Flight

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:10:00 +0000

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Roswell Word Cloud

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:43:00 +0000

http://www.wordle.net/

Long Tail Tit

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:20:00 +0000

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I spotted this pair building a beautifull nest just as you walk over cuckoo bridge. The site seems a little public but lets hope that all goes well for them.

Great Crested Grebe Courtship Display Dance

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:04:00 +0000

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It is that time of year again and today I was lucky enough to watch two Grebes engage in their mating courtship dance, after some mimicking of each other with lots of head bobbing and twisting, both birds then dived to the bottom of the pit to collect some weed as an offering – my wife prefers diamonds apparently… Once both birds had collected a suitable sample they proceeded to ‘rise and fall’ on the water rubbing necks and waiving their chosen greenery at each other. Sadly the birds were a way off and the sharpness of the pictures is a little lacking, but I hope you can get an idea of this super courtship dance.

Short Eared Owl

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:48:00 +0000

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At first sight I have to confess to thinking this was 'another Barn owl' as two were already hunting in the field I was laying down in - the things I do to get a picture...

A closer view gave me the realisation that this was a little different... Yellow Eyes, black beak darker plumage... This Short Eared Owl is the first I have caught on camera and the pictures were taken @ 2 miles from Roswell on the A142 (behind my house!) where the birds can be clearly seen hunting from @ 4pm each day. - I hope to be able to improve in the images over time, but for now I'm just happy to have one in the can - so to speak!

If you would like to see the birds, let me know I will be happy to give directions. - The birds can be clearly watched from the roadside with no intrusion on the bird's privacy.

PS. Thanks for the heads up from Roswell fans on the Egrets, but alas the morning I visited it was too dark to get a usable picture and the birds were too far away; fingers x'd I may get a lucky break soon. Coincidently I have seen single Egrets in the fields to the rear and front of my house, which just goes to show that we need to protect as many diverse local places as we can from development; clealrly these birds need a tapestry of habitats that are interlinked and able to provide hunting, roosting and breading sites.

Short Eared Owl,

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:46:00 +0000

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Barn Owl Flight

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:43:00 +0000

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Barn Conversion?

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:55:00 +0000

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Majestic Hunter

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:01:00 +0000

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Bring on Spring

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:31:00 +0000

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Greyscale Photo of Canada Geese - River Ouse Ely 2009

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:20:00 +0000

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Greylag Run-up 1

cnmjhughes@tiscali.co.uk (Tempest) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:30:00 +0000

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