Photographing birds on Holy Island
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- Опубліковано 18 лис 2021
- Photographing birds on Holy Island. The causeway going across to Holy Island in Northumberland is one of the few places in the U.K. where waders can be photographed from the car window. I find it best on an outgoing tide when crabs become exposed to the birds. Curlews, Godwits, grey plovers, Little egret, Redshank and Oystercathers all feature.
Mike Lane wildlife photography www.nature-photography.co.uk
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Great video overall but glad you were shooting stills when the bird was catching a crab............I enjoy stills much more.
.... thank's Mike for jogging my memory i need Avocado .... haha .... on your post 10/10 as alway's my friend .... !
Great video of the Long billed, that one segment of bird eating crab was awesome.
A yes you nailed it with that shot !!! 📷👌
Amazing - not only the location and photography but the setting of 1/3200s at ISO 1600 and f/9 on a 824mm lens ... and I'm guessing that this wasn't shot on a bright sunny day - WOW!
Wonderful series of the bird eating the crab Mike!
Enjoyed that. I love watching the Little Egrets on Bull Island in Dublin and I've been looking at them for a couple of years now but never knew about their yellow/gold feet because there were always hidden for me. Thanks for that. Wonderful vid
Mike I have been enjoying your site just loving them you are doing a amazing job keep it up
The Godwit is a Bar tailed Godwit you can tell because of the vermiculation of the feathers on the back of the bird. Black tailed just has plan monotone grey in winter plumage.
Hi Mike,
It's not long time since I found your videos.
I'm impressed about your experience on the field and how many photography trips you participate.
I do a bit of wildlife photography, not too much, I'd like to have more time for my hobby.
I'm looking forward to see new videos.
Good luck!
Wonderful video Mike, Lindisfarne is a magical place indeed.
Having 10K worth of unsecured equipment on that car window sill gives me goose bumps.
Great curlew shots .... and I was hoping that Ford Wildtrak was going to sink ... lol
Thank you Mike for sharing all your knowledge on birding. I am enjoying watching all your wonderful videos and pictures on UA-cam. Helps me a lot in my photography and my love for nature.
Terrific video Mike, and the Curlew sequence is spectacular.
Thanks beautiful
Great stuff Mike! Thanks so much for the experience!
These are stunning shots, Mike. Good advice about the incoming tide. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Mike. Quality stuff as usual.
Amazing capture of the curlew and crab! (I did think the vehicle racing across to beat the tide was a little uncaring to the other cars regarding the wash and spray he was causing. Maybe the foreshortened view made it look worse than it really was though.....) Very enjoyable video and full of interesting facts, and as always, I have learned from it. Thanks Mike!
great video and great shots mike
Magnificent video again! It would be great to see more videos where you show off your photography from different countries. But all of your content is wonderful!
Great vidoe and advice Mike 👏
Awesome video! :)
Nice video Mike. Getting very envious of the video capabilities of the Sony
Thanks for all the great videos. I think there are a lot of still photographers transitioning or shooting video as well. It would be great to have some more guidance on how you shoot the video portion of your posts.
Another superb film from one of my favourite places. I do have one question (I hope you won't take offence): are you certain the godwit was a black-tailed? It looks more like bar-tailed to me with the coarsely streaked plumage, and the tail markings are broken, not solid black. The still image at 2.57 in particular seems to show a classic bar-tailed godwit to me. Also, bar-tailed is the default godwit on Holy Island. In his book The Birds of Holy Island, Ian Kerr describes black-tailed godwit as an "uncommon visitor, rare in winter". I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
I think you are correct. Stopping the video at 2:30 clearly shows the bar tail. This indicates how difficult it can be to distinguish between these species, especially in the autumn when juvenile black-tails have a scaly plumage similar to winter plumaged bar-tails. On top of that the bill on this bird is unusually straight for a bar-tail showing only a very slight curvature. I had a similar difficulty of distinguishing between juvenile black-tails and bar-tails on the Lothian coast this October. Amazing images of the bird though that are well worth sharing.
@@jimsutherland9640 Thanks for your input, Jim. These birds can certainly be tricky. I agree about the bill on this individual being straighter than on a "typical" bar-tailed.
I think you might be right Malcolm. I have asked a couple of friends and both hesitated, but came down on the side of Bar-tailed.
@@MikeLaneFRPS Cheers, Mike. This certainly isn't an easy one. I have the utmost respect for your expertise, and like your friends, I hesitated before calling it as a bar-tailed. It was more some of your still images that convinced me rather than the video footage. All part of the joys of watching birds.
Nice video and great info! Curious, what does FRPS stand for?
Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society
frame rate per second
Nice video!!! Is it salt or fresh water?
Salt.
Salt
@@MikeLaneFRPS salt water very bad for cars