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[earthmaiden]

What a lovely picture Hickey! You can catch badgers running round the streets here if you go out at crack of dawn on dustbin day.They raid all the sacks left out - I have never had a camera handy when I've seen them.

[hickybank]

Spent a couple of pleasant hours at Slimbridge yesterday
Bar headed Goose




This old fella below is a Clarkes Flamingo, he is 60 years old


Redshank chick


Avocet

[Herbidacious]

Nice pics, Terry!

[TeresaFoodie]

That 60 year old flamingo is not looking 60 years old! Go flamingo!

If I had to go out armed with a camera ahead of bin collection day to capture badgers I happily would, but not sure I would succeed. I think I'd be more likely to catch a fox round these parrrrrts, although haven't heard or seen one yet.

[Herbidacious]

Painted lady?

[Herbidacious]

[hickybank]

Correct, very pretty butterfly to

[Herbidacious]

Anyone know what this is?

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[Herbidacious]

I visited a zoo...

[hickybank]

Same as mine above it is a Bar Headed goose
It is from central Asia & is reputedly is the highest flying migratory bird in the wold as its migration path take it over the Himalayas

[hickybank]

A couple more from Slimbridge


Avocet chick

[Herbidacious]

I love your flamingo. I have some flamingo pics, but they weren't doing anything very interesting

Avocet chick is very sweet too.

[Herbidacious]

Any ideas about these ones, Terry, or anyone?

[hickybank]

Hi Herby, they are Greylag Geese (Anser anser)

[Herbidacious]

Thanks!

[Herbidacious]

Ticket office this morning

[PatsyMFagan]

View down the side of my house this morning .............. Through the Square window

[Rainbow]

Can I choose the Round window, please?

[TeresaFoodie]

Ticket office this morning

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First I thought 'Eh?' Then I thought 'Ah!' Is that a station cat or was it being bought a ticket??

[Herbidacious]

I don't think she lives at the station, but the ticket person called her into the office shortly after I took the photo, so maybe they feed her. She is clearly well looked after and very friendly. I have worried, when she's on the platform, that she might one day get onto a train

[hickybank]

Our local Bridgwater Quayside festival

Yes thats Ann (the little one )

[Herbidacious]

Looks fun, Terry.

[Herbidacious]

In our garden in holiday apartment

[hickybank]

Is it just me or do Herons look stupid

[StokeySue]

I’ve always though they look evil, we had one used to stand by the back door at work (on the riverbank) and look at you, affronted, when you came out.

[scullion]

Is it just me or do Herons look stupid

i hadn't noticed it before but looking closer at your avatar i see what you mean! (snigger).

[hickybank]

HA,HA, very funny, I have just had a close look & yes you are right
It actually makes the Heron look quite intelligent

[earthmaiden]

I like herons (except when they raid people's fish ponds). I think they look very graceful.

[Herbidacious]

Some of the sunflowers I agaonized about before holiday. I have some almost brown ones too. Took these on the last day we had nice light. The pictures seem to look better/clearer/more in focus if you click on them.

[Herbidacious]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-45678690

Canon 750d 'an old SLR'?! It was released in 2015!

[hickybank]

I still use my Canon 550D, works fine still although I would like a better one

[Herbidacious]

Indeed. My comment was really meant for you, Terry I think the article was a kind of 'Oh I took this brilliant photos with a rubbish old camera'.

I just had a sensor clean for/on (?) my 750d today. I had acquired a blob. I think it's going to be my camera tomorrow in France. I 'got' (i.e. bought myself!) a 6D mkII for my 50th. (The birthday was otherwise uncelebrated pretty much, so I felt I deserved the extravagence, rightly or wrongly!) I am happy with it, but I think it sometimes best to wait until a new model has been around for a bit before buying, if you are thinking of upgrading. The 6D doesn't like my Sigma lens, and still no previews in windows if you shoot in RAW. It's also damned heavy so not a great holiday camera.

I am starting a 5 week macro course at the City Lit the week after next

[hickybank]

Interesting comments Rachel, whether I will change I do not know, not the best camera in the world but I know my way around it.
At the end of the day it is only as good as the lens
Here are a couple of shots I took a couple of weeks ago, not perfect but not bad on the move

[Herbidacious]

Very good indeed.

[Zosherooney]

Is the bottom one a buzzard Hicks ?

[hickybank]

Hi Zosh, yes, we saw it on one of our walks, it was some distance away so it was a case of swing the camera up & hope