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Nightjar Thetford forest
Nightjar Thetford forest
Hi all,
Its that time of year again. On the hunt for the very well camouflaged Nighjars that return to Thetford forest from their winter grounds in Africa. I was lucky enough to find one sitting tight on its nest. It flew off once i moved away and returned to the nest once i was a good distance away.
Nightjar Thetford forest 8th June 2018 (7) by Mike, on Flickr
Nightjar Thetford forest 8th June 2018 (9) by Mike, on Flickr
Nightjar Thetford forest 8th June 2018 (4) by Mike, on Flickr
Thanks for looking
Mike
Its that time of year again. On the hunt for the very well camouflaged Nighjars that return to Thetford forest from their winter grounds in Africa. I was lucky enough to find one sitting tight on its nest. It flew off once i moved away and returned to the nest once i was a good distance away.
Nightjar Thetford forest 8th June 2018 (7) by Mike, on Flickr
Nightjar Thetford forest 8th June 2018 (9) by Mike, on Flickr
Nightjar Thetford forest 8th June 2018 (4) by Mike, on Flickr
Thanks for looking
Mike
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Re: Nightjar Thetford forest
Lovely Mike. I had a look around a forest down on the South coast on Wednesday where I’d heard they were around, but unfortunately didn’t find any.
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Cheers, Tom.
Cheers, Tom.
Re: Nightjar Thetford forest
Hi Mike, the camo on that bird is awesome.
Thanks
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pawlee
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Re: Nightjar Thetford forest
Great find,well done
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Hi Mike just grate why not send upto the BBC for the spring watch
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Great shots a bird we can only dream about seeing up here.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Re: Nightjar Thetford forest
Well caught! You did well to spot them, let alone get some cracking photos. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Nightjar Thetford forest
Lovely set of a difficult bird to see in daylight.
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That’s a hell of a find well done
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More often heard than seen so well captured.
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Re: Nightjar Thetford forest
Thanks everybody. It helps working in the forest making my chances of finding them higher. Always great to see though.
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Re: Nightjar Thetford forest
Superb photos!
The effectiveness of some natural cammo is astounding.
It's a good thing the Typhoons at Coningsby aren't as well cammo'd or the number spotters would never find them!
The effectiveness of some natural cammo is astounding.
It's a good thing the Typhoons at Coningsby aren't as well cammo'd or the number spotters would never find them!
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