Action Photos Finches On A Norfolk Bird Table

The Annex we rented for our Norfolk Vacation had a nice Garden and early in the morning for around 30 minutes the bird table was invaded by Blue Finches and Great Finches.

They were constantly darting backwards and forwards to the table trying to avoid hanging around due possibly to the visiting French Cat.

Luckily I managed to take a number of photos in sports mode using my eBay purchased Nikon 5100 DSLR.

I think they've come out quite well.

To view the photographs at full size double-click on one of them.

Blue Finch Flying Into The FeedingTray

Blue Finch Scanning The Feeder

Blue Finch Slowing For Landing

I hope you like the pictures

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Action Photos Swifts or Swallows Nesting On Cromer Cliffs Norfolk

As we wandered along Cromer Beach in Norfolk I was amazed to see what appeared to be Swifts or Swallows nesting in burrowed holes high up on the cliffs, so I spent some time trying to photograph flying around their holes using sports mode on my Nikon 5100 DSLR.  I pointed and clicked with little success.

Then I had the idea of timing by counting how long it took for the bird to fly into the hole, do its feeding and emerge, and surprisingly it turned out to be pretty regular, both leaving and then returning.

Not being an ornithologist I guessed that the feeding process has to be regular, who knows.

When I trawled through the hundreds of shots I took over a glass of wine I was really pleased to see that I had a small number of nice action shots.  Here they are:

Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech -  Heading In

Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech -  Heading Out

Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech -  Catching Flies

Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech -  Leaving Nest

Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech -  Bolting From Nest Hole

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