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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kev23" data-source="post: 1700270" data-attributes="member: 64219">Just went through all your piccies; not only to enjoy looking at them but to test my id skills. Nice job so far, some really good ones in there, bullfinch obviously (so stunning i failed to notice it's feet problem!) the Lesser redpoll and the water rail in particular. I have to say I get as much, perhaps even more, pleasure out of photographing a bird as I do "spotting" it; I look back over them and discover things I'd never realised in respects to colouring, feather detail etc. I don't keep yearly/county/patch lists but one of my aims is to get a "decent" (at least identifiable) photo of as many UK species as possible. I've only been into birds for 2 years so my uk list is around 200 but I've managed to get goodish photos of most of these species, which I'm pleased about!        A few birds in particular are turning into nemesis(es)... My water rail pics are dreadful, always a quick dart from one set of reeds to the other, in very low light! That's why I appreciate your shot, and probably why you're holding out for a better bittern photo (as my bitterns bear more than a striking resemblence to my water rail!) As my "target" will continue indefinitely, I can keep deleting "record shots" when new and improved ones come along.Basically, all my birding trips have the promise of a new bird, a new bird to photo or a better photo, thus I never have a dull day in the field. Keep it up Neil, it's a nice thread, you're enjoying yourself and so are all the decent folk checking it out... and that's all that matters <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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