The Cattle Egret or Little Egret is a winter visitor to the coast around the Stanah area in Thornton Cleveleys. They feed on the wetland when the tide goes out. Again very aware of you being there they will let you get within 50 feet or so. I wait in the reeds in winter for them to come past chasing each other off for feeding rights
There flight is lovely when they land give spectacular action shots, my aim this year is to try and get 2 as they chase each other from the feeding spot. The only images I got were with the Sony A7r4 and 200-600, but I had just got the camera so I was very new to the set up
I am 63 years old and and since a boy have had an interest in wildlife and in particular birds. I help my Dad with the rearing of young finches and other birds. I had many small birds as pets and as i got older and joined the Military i purchsed my first Camera, and fold out Kodak. Over a 22 year period i enjoyed many countries outside the uk and observed many species of birds. When i left the military in 2000, i bought my first digital camera a Canon 450D with a Tamron 70-300 and started my journey on capturing images of birds and animals. I quickly learned that there was a lot more to getting a good image of a bird, so i started to research the best settings for my camera in order to capture a better image. Over a 12 month period i realised that needed to invest in a better camera and lens and after research bought a Canon 50D and a 100-400 Lens. It was 2013 when i really got to grips with the setup and came across a lovely Short Eared Owl. From that meeting i started to concentrate on Owls as they fasinated me. From Canon to Olympus i recently jumped ship again to Sony. The variety of birds i have captured over a 10 year period is vast and at present i have a wildlife hide in lancashire where most of my images are captured.
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