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Iris: Photos of the Week

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*Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)*	Colin Best NR, Guernsey
Chris Bale website profile	24/08/10 (uploaded 24/08/10)

Sorry I've posted three of the same bird, I only looked at this one closely after I'd posted the first two. My bad! Equipment: Canon.
(41) (22)

*Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)*	undisclosed site, Lancashire
David Cookson website profile	14/08/10 (uploaded 14/08/10)

Equipment: Canon.
(78) (44)

*Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)*	Big Waters NR, Northumberland
Keith Cochrane profile	09/08/10 (uploaded 09/08/10)

Got him as he came in over the water. Equipment: Canon.
(60) (41)

*Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)*	Westwood-forrest, Hessen, Germany
Siegbert Werner profile	31/07/10 (uploaded 31/07/10)

Kingfisher under water hunting little fishes. Equipment: Canon D1 Mark III, EF 2.8/400 IS, Tripod.
(70) (44)

*Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)*	Alphington, Devon
Charlie Fleming website profile	24/07/10 (uploaded 24/07/10)

Eventually they rolled around in the brook as the dominant one tried literally to drown the other.
(68) (50)

*Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)*	undisclosed site, Cumbria
Roy profile	03/06/10 (uploaded 19/07/10)


(61) (25)

*Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)*	Killard NR, Down
Craig Nash website profile	07/07/10 (uploaded 07/07/10)

Sad picture of the effect of plastic pollution in our oceans.
(47) (42)

*Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)*	Cley Marshes NWT, Norfolk
Nigel Pye website profile	30/06/10 (uploaded 30/06/10)


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*Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)*	Farne Islands, Northumberland
David Whistlecraft website profile	23/06/10 (uploaded 27/06/10)

Equipment: 1DsMkII with Speedlite 580Ex at -1EV and Camera at -2/3EV, Converted to mono in CS. Colour version on FlickR.
(52) (30)

*Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)*	Cockmuir Bridge, Lothian
Mike Thrower profile	18/06/10 (uploaded 18/06/10)

A crackin' bright Male.
(64) (19)

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