Goosanders

Back in January I spent a few days photographing Goosanders in North Wales. I have plenty of shots of them but they are a great subject, especially in some good Winter light. It's always nice to try and get something a little different, this time I managed to get some close-up preening shots of the males. I have just added 44 of them to my main website making a total of 106. I'm sure I will be back this Winter to take some more though.

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Iceland Trip - Eider Ducks

Although we had done a lot of research before our trip to Iceland, there were a few things we discovered whilst there. One of these was a large colony of nesting Eider Ducks. The weather was very wet and windy and this being our last day, we decided it best to stay with the ducks, as we knew that we could achieve some good shots here. The males were constantly flying to and from the sea, a good challenge to get some flight shots in the murky conditions. The females stayed put on their nests and were quite hard to spot at times.
It turned out to be a very productive day and the flight shots worked well. The grass is always greener and we wondered what else we could have photographed that day. But we won't be needing to photograph Eiders for some time. I have added 55 new images of them to my main website.

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Teal

I photographed these Teal a few months ago. The light was perfect, bringing out their detail and the colours were really enhanced against the blue water. I love photographing Ducks and the Teal is one of my favorites.

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Goosanders

I had a trip out to North Wales a few weeks ago with a couple of friends. The light was perfect and the target species were found, these being Goosander. I always forget what hard work it is in achieving good shots of these birds. It was a good day though and I returned home happy with the results.

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