Friday 22 April 2011

A visit to Windmill Farm

We paid a short visit to Windmill Farm today and got the very obliging Hoopoe, Thanks Andy.
The whole time we were there a Cuckoo was calling but we could not locate it.
Also saw our first Dragonfly of the year, it was one of the Chasers, but too fast for us.











27 comments:

  1. Glad you saw the Hoopoe John and Sue - and got some great photos too. That lizard looks like he's had a tailectomy!

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  2. Thanks Andy for your directions,you were bang on.
    We had a great time,once again thank you.
    John.

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  3. Superbe cette huppe John,
    on en voit souvent dans le sud de la France, mais elles sont furtives et difficiles à capter.
    great shot!

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  4. Great sighting, very good picture of the Hoopoe and all your other shots.
    Regards
    Mike

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  5. Once again good stuff. It's more than sixty years since last sighting of a hoopoe.

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  6. Great Images John esp the Hoopoe, glad you caught up with it.

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  7. A good day! Terrific shots as always - I agree, that Lizard's tail looks like it's been cropped!

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  8. superb - the Hoopoe is a fantastic image

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  9. Super Hoopoe image would love to capture one like that hope its there until next weekend as may be down and will try to visit there.

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  10. No wonder I do not find meadow pipit and wheater over here ;-) You are keeping them ;-) Beautiful shots of these two and the hoopoe is also quite cool!

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  11. Hi John,
    Great group of shots there! You are really lucky to see the Hoopoe, a bird I have constantly dipped on! I have not even seen one abroad, a true `bogey` bird!
    J
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  12. John and Sue,

    Pretty cool bird the Hoopoe, guessing it was a stray from somewhere. I'll have to look it up.

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  13. Well done with the Hoopoe pic. Mine flew past and didn't stop so no photos unfortunately. It was my first ever so i'm a bit miffed really!

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  14. Great shot of the Hoopoe John, I may try to locate it tomorrow!!

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  15. Wow, great birds and wonderful photos. The Hoopoe is really cool, great sighting.

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  16. Oh my goodness, fantastic Hoopoe image! Each and every photo is lovely. Always a joy to visit your outstanding blog!

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  17. Never heard of a hoopoe! Very cool.

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  18. Out of all the blogs, yours has the most diverse selection of species, the Hoopoe and everything else is spot on.
    Sam

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  19. Great series. Love your images! Blue Skies.

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  20. Went through your recent posts - marvelous photos all. Loved this shot of the hoopoe - I've never seen one before !

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  21. Awesome series! I too have never seen a hoopoe before - thanks for sharing!

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  22. Wonderful looking bird the Hoopoe is. Love it!!!

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  23. Beautiful Hoopoe. One of my wish list bird.

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  24. Thanks for the comments on the Kuwait photos, great trip but still found the hunting hard to take,prefer Israel overall I think.

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  25. Thank you all,for your fantastic comments.
    John and Sue.

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