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Originally Posted by rlchew  Tim
I don't know whether you are aware but Hockley Woods is currently producing reasonably regular sightings of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Hawfinch  . I have seen them both but unfortunately they are both camera shy!
More information here .... South Essex RSPB.
Richard |
Hi Richard
I was wandering the woods a week or 2 ago and met a couple of fellas huddling around a scope on a tripod and they told me there was a Hawfinch around; it was just below the childrens playground; wasn't you was it?
I did spend an hour or two chasing the knocking sound of the woodpecker with my camera in hand but got bored then distracted by a pair of treecreepers sweeping the standard oaks in a recently cleared area.
I had more luck with lesser spotted woodpeckers in the woods to the north side of Hockley; they were still a bit shy, though.
I'm quite new to wildlife photography so perhaps I need to get something straight; is it the difficulty of our subject that makes the chase such fun
All the best
Tim