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A fantastic Friday morning walk........ I saw an Osprey

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WorldInFocus
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A fantastic Friday morning walk........ I saw an Osprey

Post by WorldInFocus » Fri Oct 19, 2018 10:18 am

Hi All,

Been out for a Friday morning (weekend is Friday/Saturday) wander in Taif, Saudi Arabia. What started out to be a rather poor and quiet day, ended up being a very good day with at least 2 first time sightings. I've never been lucky enough to see Ospreys in the wild in the UK but saw one today. That was great but later on in the walk we seen a pair of Osprey and managed to capture them on the wing in the same bit of air. Result.

Juvenile Male Nile Valley Sunbird

Image20181019_002 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Dragonfly

Image20181019_008 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Black-winged Stilts on the wing

Image20181019_009 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_035 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Western Cattle Egret

Image20181019_010 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Little Green Bee-eater

Image20181019_017 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_024 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_056 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Black Srub Robin

Image20181019_022 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Indian Silverbill

Image20181019_031 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Hoopoe

Image20181019_033 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Osprey with small bird in talons

Image20181019_058 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Osprey

Image20181019_067 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_091 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_099 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_121 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_126 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

A pair of Osprey in flight

Image20181019_128 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Yemeni Babbler

Image20181019_071 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Little Egret

Image20181019_075 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_078 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_079 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_080 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_085 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Possibly a Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron

Image20181019_081 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_087 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Squacco Heron

Image20181019_084 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Grey Heron

Image20181019_114 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Image20181019_113 by Ian Cramman, on Flickr

Hope you liked the pictures.

Ian C

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Dan D'Air
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Re: A fantastic Friday morning walk........ I saw an Osprey

Post by Dan D'Air » Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:51 pm

Beautiful birds and brilliant photography.
#121 is my favourite.
Dan
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Re: A fantastic Friday morning walk........ I saw an Osprey

Post by davem » Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:59 pm

Another excellent selection Ian. You're right about the juv Night Heron, that's exactly what it is.

I'm not 100% on the Egret but think it might be a juv Western Reef Heron / Egret. I remember a controversial bird in Dorset in the early 2000s that had many people scratching their heads but yours looks a lot better for a genuine one (tho I had to compare with other pics!).

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Re: A fantastic Friday morning walk........ I saw an Osprey

Post by Frank the Dog » Sat Oct 20, 2018 8:57 am

The colours on that Bee-eater are superb, excellent post and many thanks for sharing.
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Re: A fantastic Friday morning walk........ I saw an Osprey

Post by H.A.Bucken » Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:34 am

We've quite a few Little Egrets around the Morecambe Bay area now; last year I saw one together with a Grey Heron in the same field puddle just outside Lindale, Grange over Sands. Last one seen was Thursday in the Esk estuary (plus three Ravens) at Ravenglass.
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Re: A fantastic Friday morning walk........ I saw an Osprey

Post by 3Greens » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:35 am

Brilliant selection Ian. Osprey shots as just stunning :thumbs: Nice to see Bee-Eaters, remember my first sightings in Greece some years back, had never seen anything so stunning.
Thanks for posting

3Greens :thumb:

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