A female Great Crested Grebe, (Podiceps cristatus) sitting on her nest. The swirling green reflections on the lake behind her was the result of willow tree foliage on the far bank of the lake. Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D800 with an '80's vintage manual focus Nikkor 500mm f/4 P EDIF lens with a Nikon TC301 matched 2x teleconverter. Mirror-up mode was used to minimise camera movement when the shutter was fired.
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An Atlantic Puffin, (Fratercula arctica) shares the frame with an inquisitive razorbill, (Alca torda) at RSPB Bempton Cliffs in East Yorkshire, UK.
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Long telephoto shot of a Northern Gannet, (Morus bassanus) on the wing as it swept alongside the cliff tops at RSPB Bempton last summer. The gannets often seem to survey the clifftops and I have wondered if they are watching all the bird watchers and wildlife photographers watching them! Such flypasts afford good opportunities for close-ups like this for a perspective suggesting being side by side in the air, as the gannets can be almost at camera level, making use of the updrafts from the sheer vertical cliffs.
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Just a simple shot of an Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) taking a break on a chalky ledge at RSPB Bempton in East Yorkshire, UK.
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A group of Razorbills (Alca torda) 'debating' whose ledge on the cliffs at Bempton this is. Taken last summer.
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