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[The Liverbirder]

Your photos are IMMENSE; absolutely superb! What gear do you use?

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

Your photo are IMMENSE; absolutely superb! What gear do you use?

I am pretty sure its not a camera phone like I use

 

[degsy_safc]

Your photo are IMMENSE; absolutely superb! What gear do you use?

Hi Gordon, I'm assuming that your question is to me as it is directly after my last post?

Anyway i use Nikon D3 & D300 camera bodies with a Nikon 500VR lens - these were with the D300 & 500VR with a Nikon 1.7 teleconverter fitted.

 

[June Atkinson]

Stunning images

Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

June

Trip to Saltholme today produced much the same as Ian has already listed, however over the road and opposite Dormans Lower Carpark i got the best views i have ever had of a reeling Grasshopper Warbler & Whitethroat. Spent about 2 hours watching and listening - fantastic to watch :t:

Couple of pictures attached:

 

[ChrisWS]

Trip to Saltholme today produced much the same as Ian has already listed, however over the road and opposite Dormans Lower Carpark i got the best views i have ever had of a reeling Grasshopper Warbler & Whitethroat. Spent about 2 hours watching and listening - fantastic to watch :t:

Couple of pictures attached:

Hi
There is some great photography on this site but these are particularly brilliant. Thanks for posting them.

 

[agamiheron]

Yet another beauty(ies) at Rainton Meadows - sat in the hide at 12:15 with John Bee when a Temminck's Stint flew onto floating weed in front of the hide - while I was getting into a flap John then calm as owt mentioned 'oh theres two more' !!! So THREE TEMMINCK'S STINTS - at least two of which were still there when I left at 13:20.

Also a Ringed Plover and at least three LRP's.

 

[NeilF]

Yet another beauty(ies) at Rainton Meadows - sat in the hide at 12:15 with John Bee when a Temminck's Stint flew onto floating weed in front of the hide - while I was getting into a flap John then calm as owt mentioned 'oh theres two more' !!! So THREE TEMMINCK'S STINTS - at least two of which were still there when I left at 13:20.

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Nice one Gary (or should I say three) :t:
That sluice gate's been a real blessing, looking foward to the pictures.

 

[agamiheron]

Nice one Gary (or should I say three) :t:
That sluice gate's been a real blessing, looking foward to the pictures.

Cheers Neil, think the photos will be coming from JBee - as always when they were in front of the hide I was cameraless - once I'd retrieved my camera from the car a Redshank had flushed them to the islands!!!!

Note to self - always take your camera!!!!

 

[JBee]

Yet another beauty(ies) at Rainton Meadows - sat in the hide at 12:15 with John Bee when a Temminck's Stint flew onto floating weed in front of the hide - while I was getting into a flap John then calm as owt mentioned 'oh theres two more' !!! So THREE TEMMINCK'S STINTS - at least two of which were still there when I left at 13:20.

Still 3 at 4.30pm.
Couple of jpg from raw unprocessed shots.

 

[IanF]

Rainton Meadows seems to be doing better than Teesmouth for waders at the moment!

 

[IanF]

RSPB Saltholme - pm - Phil Stead Hide only visited - Temminck's Stint x1 which remained very distant. Also Wood Sandpiper and Black-tailed Godwit x5.

Ruff and Garganey x3 reported at Saltholme Hide again.

 

[Dab-chick]

Hello everyone. We called into a very cold and windy :eek!: hide at Rainton meadows. Thanks to all the guys pointing out the birds. We saw the 3 stints the first time they have been there, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed plover & Curlew.
:hippy:

 

[JBee]

Hello everyone. We called into a very cold and windy :eek!: hide at Rainton meadows.
:hippy:

I thought it was unusually pleasant/mild in there today

 

[agamiheron]

I thought it was unusually pleasant/mild in there today

John it's never pleasant in the freezer!!!

3 Temminck's Stint and 1 Ringed Plover still currently on floating island. Plus a hedgehog on the path.

 

[Ray.Scott]

Temminick's Stints & Ringed Plover present when I left at 8.30am.
Also nice to see the 2 G.C Grebes back.

 

[IanF]

RSPB Saltholme - Saltholme Hide - am - Garganey x3, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover. Temminck's Stint very briefly on north side of hide walked onto muddy peninsular and then turned back north and lost from view.

Good views of the Garganeys as the pair came right into the corner opposite the hide where they mated and then went to sleep after preening. The third one is in moult. It was feeding along the edge of the mud opposite the hide.

The Ruff remained distant today on the peninsular below the fence line opposite the island.

Around 200 Common Tern perched on Paddy's Pool island.

 

[frankiex]

do you think them stints will hang about a bit at R/Meadows they were there yesterday but never had binos whith me,try again to-day better equipped.

 

[Dab-chick]

do you think them stints will hang about a bit at R/Meadows they were there yesterday but never had binos whith me,try again to-day better equipped.

Hello frankiex
Yes, The Stints were there again today, many thanks to all the great guys for the advise and use of their telescope, what a friendly chatty bunch. Much better atmosphere there than some of the places we've been. o Next time we'll bring blankets and some soup to keep warm !! No sign of the Wood Sandpiper or the Great Snipe but we did see a Red Deer walking near the lakes.
Thanks again. :hippy:

 

[frankiex]

had a brief visit to the freezer to-day had a nice bit chat to two friendly chaps,one i believe is stevie evans and the other lad was i believe called john with the big camera.thats what birdwatching is all about.

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

Rainton Meadows

appears to be the place to be at in Durham at the moment.

The Stints seem quite happy and even though birds are making an attempt to move on they are staying put which is excellent!:t:

Here's some terrible video I took yesterday evening, as well as some superb images taken my JBee:
http://andrewkinghorn.blogspot.com/2011/05/not-so-brief-stint.html

Cheers,