We had hoped to be taking images of the Kingfisher all day but sadly the beginning of the week the KF disappeared,we don`t know if it was predated or has gone looking for a partner,so off to the Sparrowhawk hide it was.
I`ve used this hide before and it never fails to produce some quality opportunities,but just when you think you can`t get many different images you do!
1/Landing
2/Giving someone a piece of its mind probably the pigeons which were distracting everyone!
3/cruising
Then onto the Otter hide,I couldn`t believe what I was seeing at this hide,some floodlighting just to make the Otters visible to the camera and for me a first using flash on wildlife,something I have never done or wanted to do in the past,but having been told the Otters pay no attention to the flash
and that it doesn`t distract them I decided I`d have a look.
Well sitting in a hide with an otter at eye level with you just 10ft away was quite an experience,even more so when 3 of them were stood there! More to the point we watched the 1st appearance of them,as they came in grab a bite and left,something we were told they often do,and happily from that point on
there was no difference in how they reacted to the flash as when we sat watching.
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Cheers
Ross
