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13 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Red Squirrel in strange red light filtered through the reddish brown branches of the Conifers

Lesser Black backed gull

Both taken hand held during a 10K walk with the image stabilisation off ( dick head me hadn't switched it back on from using it with the tripod )

 

 

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Steve like the picture of the red squirrel 

great shot , not seen any down south ,

the only one I ever saw was in the lakes 

thanks for sharing 👍

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One for Dave. 

Wild Strawberries, the fruit is only the size of a Pea but they are so good and full of flavour nothing like the majority of shop bought ones these days 

And last nights crescent moon over a very dark Pembrokeshire sky, i say dark but unfortunately not dark enough for any Milky Way pictures

 

 

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1 minute ago, Winsford Soul said:

One for Dave. 

Wild Strawberries, the fruit is only the size of a Pea but they are so good and full of flavour nothing like the majority of shop bought ones these days 

And last nights crescent moon over a very dark Pembrokeshire sky, i say dark but unfortunately not dark enough for any Milky Way pictures

 

 

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When I was having a summer in Romania a few years back I foolishly bought a plastic bucket of wild strawberries off of a gypsy woman, thinking it must have taken her ages to pick them, there was about an inch of wild strawberries, the rest was paper and a rather large rock.  How I laughed.

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29 minutes ago, Tattoodave said:

When I was having a summer in Romania a few years back I foolishly bought a plastic bucket of wild strawberries off of a gypsy woman, thinking it must have taken her ages to pick them, there was about an inch of wild strawberries, the rest was paper and a rather large rock.  How I laughed.

I'll bet the gypsy woman laughed as well. :lol:

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2 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Mal. Just for you mate. How big did you say they where . This big ? 

What a view the people on the Yacht must have had, if they seen it 

And something  almost surreal a lot further out at sea a Dolphin had breached and as it returned to the water it left a splash that,s the exact replica of its tail 

 

 

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Steve amazing shot , best picture of the

week ,  bet you were very pleased to

capture them 😊

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27 minutes ago, Neil Austin said:

Steve amazing shot , best picture of the

week ,  bet you were very pleased to

capture them 😊

Thanks Neil ☺🙏.  The dolphin in front of the yacht was the closest any came in today, all the others where about 1/2 kilometre out and trying to guess where they are going to surface is a  nightmare mate. 😀

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56 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thanks Neil ☺🙏.  The dolphin in front of the yacht was the closest any came in today, all the others where about 1/2 kilometre out and trying to guess where they are going to surface is a  nightmare mate. 😀

Great problem to have 😅👍luck day 

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16 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Mal. Just for you mate. How big did you say they where . This big ? 

What a view the people on the Yacht must have had, if they seen it 

And something  almost surreal a lot further out at sea a Dolphin had breached and as it returned to the water it left a splash that,s the exact replica of its tail 

 

 

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yep I recognize that splash, maybe bigger? 

Deffo needed a bigger boat! lol

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16 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Mal. Just for you mate. How big did you say they where . This big ? 

What a view the people on the Yacht must have had, if they seen it 

And something  almost surreal a lot further out at sea a Dolphin had breached and as it returned to the water it left a splash that,s the exact replica of its tail 

 

 

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Joe from Dublin has just mentioned to me that the second picture is actually a Mermaids tail 🧜‍♀️ . Love that description 

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2 minutes ago, Neil Austin said:

Steve still amazing , you must have a quality camera to get pics from that

distance

Thanks Neil.  The Canon 7d mk2 is a good camera but it's the Lens that makes the difference mate Canon 500mm f4 mk2 it's very special.  

Do a quick Google search and you will see it's the first choice lens for sports and wildlife by most of the world's top professional photographers 

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30 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thanks Neil.  The Canon 7d mk2 is a good camera but it's the Lens that makes the difference mate Canon 500mm f4 mk2 it's very special.  

Do a quick Google search and you will see it's the first choice lens for sports and wildlife by most of the world's top professional photographers 

Thanks Steve 👍

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13 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

I was more than lucky today when i managed to see seven of the UK,s rarest birds on the sea cliffs at St Govans Head in Pembrokeshire . The Chough apart from a few birds in Pembrokeshire and on South Stack on Anglesey was extinct in the rest of the UK until just a few years ago when it was successfully reintroduced to Cornwall  and i think on the South coast near Eastbourne . At one stage two fledgling where begging a adult for food , which i caught a quick photo of ,then  one adult feeding a young again photo and finally a adult on the very short grass and almost a silhouette except the bright red beak of one flying over  

I could hardly hold the camera / lens today on the cliff tops it was that windy but as a bonus there wasnt a cloud in the sky all day until this evening when it clouded over, just in time for my return home tomorrow ( Sadly ) but i will be returning in October for two more weeks

 

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Steve lovely picture of the bird in full flight, very unusual and unique.

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4 minutes ago, Neil Austin said:

Steve lovely picture of the bird in full flight, very unusual and unique.

Thanks Neil as always mate 😁🙏. They are members of the Crow  family but a very specialised feeder of grubs buried in the  short grass on cliff tops that's grazed by sheep and cattle and rabbits.  That was the main reason why they disappeared from Cornwall among other places,  the cattle and sheep had been removed from the cliff tops and the scrub / bracken took over and the Chough couldn't feed. 

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12 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thanks Neil as always mate 😁🙏. They are members of the Crow  family but a very specialised feeder of grubs buried in the  short grass on cliff tops that's grazed by sheep and cattle and rabbits.  That was the main reason why they disappeared from Cornwall among other places,  the cattle and sheep had been removed from the cliff tops and the scrub / bracken took over and the Chough couldn't feed. 

Hi Steve I saw a program dedicated to them about two years ago and how rare they are , so they are in my radar to see 

thanks for sharing 👍

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22 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

I was more than lucky today when i managed to see seven of the UK,s rarest birds on the sea cliffs at St Govans Head in Pembrokeshire . The Chough , apart from a few birds in Pembrokeshire and on South Stack on Anglesey was extinct in the rest of the UK until just a few years ago when it was successfully reintroduced to Cornwall  and i think on the South coast near Eastbourne . At one stage two fledgling where begging a adult for food , which i caught a quick photo of ,then  one adult feeding a young again photo and finally a adult on the very short grass and almost a silhouette except the bright red beak of one flying over  

I could hardly hold the camera / lens today on the cliff tops it was that windy but as a bonus there wasnt a cloud in the sky all day until this evening when it clouded over, just in time for my return home tomorrow ( Sadly ) but i will be returning in October for two more weeks

 

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Great photos again mate. Saw quite a few myself along the cliffs last week which was good to see. Also managed to see a couple on the Lizard in Cornwll last year when other folk who were there, just didn't know, :-)

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22 minutes ago, Soulandy said:

Great photos again mate. Saw quite a few myself along the cliffs last week which was good to see. Also managed to see a couple on the Lizard in Cornwll last year when other folk who were there, just didn't know, 🙂

Thanks Andy. I was at St Govans mate the next headland  across the bay from where you turned around.  The  cliffs are now open for Rock climbing after the nesting season and I wasn't expecting to see any at all because there was at least 20 climbers across different sections where they normally nest but they had moved out to a non climbing section.  Two actually flew across and landed within 15 metres of two climbers who as you say are totally oblivious. 

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29 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Stunning mate. Nice little workout for you. Did you do the Crib Goch ?.  

Picture of my Son Thomas running across it.  

 

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Yes I did the full lot including the North Ridge of CG. another 10 liesurley hours, unlike your lad 🙂 A different breed these runners 🙂 

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2 minutes ago, Soulandy said:

Yes I did the full lot including the North Ridge of CG. another 10 liesurley hours, unlike your lad 🙂 A different breed these runners 🙂 

Nice one. Wish I could do it . Asthma wouldn't let me . Would probably have to stay over night get there . Lol. 

Yeah Thomas and his mates do it regularly. They love it but all  only in their twenties . They actually rescued a American climber from the Crib a few years ago. A big storm just appeared and they had to climb down the crib because it was far too dangerous to cross and they found a lost and struggling climber who they got down to safety 

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8 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Nice one. Wish I could do it . Asthma wouldn't let me . Would probably have to stay over night get there . Lol. 

Yeah Thomas and his mates do it regularly. They love it but all  only in their twenties . They actually rescued a American climber from the Crib a few years ago. A big storm just appeared and they had to climb down the crib because it was far too dangerous to cross and they found a lost and struggling climber who they got down to safety 

Yeah the weather can turn in an instant. Been caught out once or twice but thankfully nothing too serious 👍

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Found a piccie of the beach at Caldey Island Steve...  I'd love to stay a night over there, there is a beach house  set just back off the main beach, anybody know whether you can rent out on the island?  

I did find their website, https://caldeyislandwales.com/ and you can submit a prayer request to the monks...  I'm not religious but that's kinda cool...

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44 minutes ago, Mal C said:

Found a piccie of the beach at Caldey Island Steve...  I'd love to stay a night over there, there is a beach house  set just back off the main beach, anybody know whether you can rent out on the island?  

I did find their website, https://caldeyislandwales.com/ and you can submit a prayer request to the monks...  I'm not religious but that's kinda cool...

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Mal. Great picture mate. You can stay on the island as a sort of religious retreat. Not sure for how long or what the conditions are but definitely worth looking into.  It's such a special place.  There's still people who live on the island apart from the Monks. What a privilege that must be.

Can't wait to return in October 

 

 

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