These bird images were mainly taken during pelagic trips; one on the 'Sapphire' and one on the 'Kingfisher'. Taking pictures of birds in flight from a wallowing boat is surprisingly difficult.
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| Great Shearwater - what better excuse is required to join a pelagic. |
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| Mallard x Black Duck hybrid, Porthloo duck pond. This individual was also seen at Lower Moors. Not exactly a stunner. |
A miscellaneous selection of non-bird images. Tropical weather and requests for certain images by Susan Hodgson were a good excuse to take the camera out each day.
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| A dead Scilly Shrew on Tresco. Sadly, the only one we saw. |
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| Moored boat in the moonlight, New Grimsby, Tresco. For those interested in the technical stuff - the image was taken at f2.5 and 1/30 sec at ISO 1600. |
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| The 'Old Man of Gugh'. A Bronze Age menhir, Gugh |
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| Lighthouse with Fennel in the foreground, St Agnes. |
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| Evening sky looking towards Samson from Porth Thomas. |
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| Victorian post box at Parting Carn, St Mary's. One of three we saw on St Mary's - all showing very well. |
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