This post is from Yarmouth at the end of Eileen and my first day's birding together. Yarmouth is a town ,port and civil parish in the western part of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of mainland England. The town is named for its location at the mouth of the small Western Yar river. The light as fading so the photos are not as well lite. There will be a short video at the end.
Mute Swan
Dark bellied Brent Geese, Wigeon and Teal
As we left the car park, this was the view.
Mainly Brent
Wigeon and Teal
Mallard
Dark bellied Brent Geese
Reflections
I hope you enjoyed a different part of the Island and indeed we came back to this part on our 3rd day's birding so you will see a bit more in a later post.
You can access the video at
http://youtu.be/UmI8Vco4Zcc
If you see a black space below, click it and the video will appear.
Many thanks for visiting my blog today and for leaving a comment.
Wonderful outing and post, Margaret! I love the closeups of the swans. Cool, seeing all the pretty ducks and geese. I enjoyed the photos and video. Have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteHI Eileen Thank you for dropping by and leaving a comment. I am glad you enjoyed the post.
DeleteLove that swan at the beginning and the video was lovely too.....made me feel a bit queasy panning across but that's my own fault for eating a large Danish at 10.00am! Most unhealthy!
ReplyDeleteHI Em Oh you are naughty. I could let you know what I had and make you fell even more guilty but I won't!! Glad you enjoyed the post and many thanks for your comment.
DeleteYour Swan photos are to die for, gorgeous close ups and reflection photo, enjoyed the video-
ReplyDeleteHI Lynn I am glad you liked the Swan shots and video. Many thanks for you comment and have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of the swans and I really like the photo entitled Reflections :)
ReplyDeleteThis is all so incredible. Of course, being that there are no swans here in South Texas, I especially enjoyed viewing those magnificent, elegant swan images Margaret.
ReplyDeleteExcellent.
Anni @ I'd Rather B Birdin'
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Hootin' Anni's
Oh Margaret, what a lovely series. Your Brent Geese are very different than our Canadian Geese ... shorter necks and darker color. I would have probably thought they were ducks if I had spotted them. The others though are the same as we have and your pictures are so clear. I love the Mute Swan ... they are under siege in Wisconsin (which is right next door to me). The are killing them because they aren't native ... I makes me angry just thinking about it. People can be so ignorant. Anyway, I enjoyed this post as I do all of your others.
ReplyDeleteAndrea @ From The Sol
the reflection shot you included was awesome.
ReplyDeleteThe swan images are lovely. The reflections were so sharp that my eyes took a bit to understand what they were seeing. Great series.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful swan indeed! A wonderful series of photos!
ReplyDeleteMute Swans are truly stunning, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteThe panorama in Nr. 5 is really great! Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMersad
Mersad Donko Photography
Your mute swan is my second favorite today, but me favorite is your gorgeous snap of the wall or bridge with the gorgeous reflection!! Stunning.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. Love the water droplet on the swan's beak too.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, you are amazing.....
ReplyDeleteMargaret, you are amazing.....
ReplyDeleteit is strange how close you can get. No matter what equipment I carry I never got a shot like that of a teal.
ReplyDeleteYour first photo of the mute swan is exquisite, but in all honesty I like all of these photos. If you were in a low light setting, you did very well to get all of these.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures. The Swans look so elegant.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant Margaret, and Brent Gees were the best.
ReplyDeleteFabulous shots of the swan. They're gorgeous birds.
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