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Iris: Photos of the Week

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*Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)*	Blagdon Lake, Somerset & Bristol
Rich Andrews website profile	07/05/12 (uploaded 13/05/12)


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*Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)*	Long Mynd, Shropshire
John Fielding profile	04/05/12 (uploaded 04/05/12)

Equipment: Canon.
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*Swallow (Hirundo rustica)*	Aylburton Warth, Gloucestershire
Lewis Thomson website profile	30/04/12 (uploaded 01/05/12)


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*Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)*	Alwinton, Northumberland
David Cookson website profile	11/04/12 (uploaded 21/04/12)

Equipment: Canon.
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*Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)*	undisclosed site, Shropshire
John Fielding profile	12/04/12 (uploaded 12/04/12)

Feeding on greengage blossom. Equipment: Canon Eos 1D Mk1V, 500mm f4+1.4.
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*Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)*	Lake Kussharo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Andrew Moon profile	03/02/12 (uploaded 09/04/12)

Always graceful birds no matter where they are, but even more graceful against a stunning backdrop and freezing temperatures (down to -24C!)
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*Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)*	Arlesey, Bedfordshire
Ben Andrew website profile	28/03/12 (uploaded 30/03/12)

Equipment: Nikon D700 with 200-400 F4 VRII and 1.4 TC.
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*Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)*	Mere Sands Wood LWT, Lancashire
David Moreton website profile	11/03/12 (uploaded 23/03/12)

Equipment: Nikon.
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*Jay (Garrulus glandarius)*	Hampton, Worcestershire
Mark Hancox website profile	12/03/12 (uploaded 15/03/12)

Equipment: Canon.
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*Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)*	undisclosed site, Devon
Charlie Fleming website profile	09/03/12 (uploaded 09/03/12)

With Salmon Par. I watched him catch this par and swim back to a boulder with it. He then beat it, Kingfisher-like for 30 seconds or so and spent 5 minutes trying to eventually swallow it.
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