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    ID Help - ?Juvenile? County Durham

    Now, you've said it, it seems obvious. I think the small black feathers with orange tips confused me. Which isn't hard these days. Many thanks.
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    ID Help - ?Juvenile? County Durham

    Hi, Caught this bird on the garden feeder yesterday, 17th July. Perched for 5 minutes, happily eating seed with House Sparrows around. Approximate size of a juvenile Blackbird, which is what I thought it was from a distance. Our location is 80m above sea level, near a large river on the edge...
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    England - Duck ID help please

    Many thanks Andrew, much appreciated.
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    England - Duck ID help please

    Took this shot last weekend at Low Barns Nature Reserve, Witton-le-Wear, County Durham, England. Bird in question is centre of shot, brown duck with white wing bar. Lapwing and female Mallard should provide some scale. I’m sure I shall kick myself when someone IDs it for me. Many thanks for...
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    Bee ID help please

    Thanks for the compliment. I reckon I probably keep 1 in 30 macro shots purely due to focus and such a narrow depth of field. Try keeping the subject perpendicular to the camera axis. I find that improved my “keep rate” no end.
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    Bee ID help please

    Thank you both, much appreciated :)
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    Bee ID help please

    Managed to catch this little chap on a tomato leaf yesterday whilst trying out my new macro lens. Any help with id would be greatly appreciated as it’s driving me round the twist squinting at google images :) Many thanks in advance.
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