AliCat
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I am very fortunate to live beside Strangford Lough and every year we have up to 80% of the world's population of Pale-Bellied Brent Geese overwinter with us for 5 or 6 months a year. I have been down to take photos but worried at the time about startling them and if there was any sort of set rule about how close is safe to go, without upsetting them.
I'm totally new to birding & know little about 'safe distances' or if I really need to worry about geese becoming unsettled but I would love to get closer to get clearer photos of these magnificence birds. Getting so close they fly away seems 'unkind' - or am I being silly?
The photo below shows how far I stayed back and then a photo taken with 25x zoom so losing a lot of detail, which is what I would love to avoid in my photos.
Thank you for any advice!
I'm totally new to birding & know little about 'safe distances' or if I really need to worry about geese becoming unsettled but I would love to get closer to get clearer photos of these magnificence birds. Getting so close they fly away seems 'unkind' - or am I being silly?
The photo below shows how far I stayed back and then a photo taken with 25x zoom so losing a lot of detail, which is what I would love to avoid in my photos.
Thank you for any advice!