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05-02-2009, 04:01 PM
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| | | my first water rail
hi all,
i went out with a friend birding today at keyhaven,hants and was happy to see my first water rail!  
not the best pic as it was a bit far out but im happy to have seen it,
infact i had a really good day today i also saw my first snipe and my first marsh harrier (couldnt get pics of them  )
we saw 37 different speicies today including maganser,kingfisher,brent geese,redshank,greenshank,bunting,meadow pipits,raven,oyster catchers,godwit,curlew,dunlin,lapwing the list go's on and on.......
best day birding for along time
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05-02-2009, 04:05 PM
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| | | Re: my first water rail
Congratulations Keith, sounds like you had a great day!
Water Rail are usually quite elusive, so I think you did well to get any photograph at all. |
05-02-2009, 04:09 PM
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| | | Re: my first water rail
Nice one Keith! Sounds like a good site for a visit. There are several birds on that list I've never seen in the wild or, in a couple of cases, at all.
Dave P.
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05-02-2009, 04:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pressld2  Nice one Keith! Sounds like a good site for a visit. There are several birds on that list I've never seen in the wild or, in a couple of cases, at all.
Dave P. | its a very good place to go,all that was seen in just under 3 hours! |
05-02-2009, 04:21 PM
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| | | Re: my first water rail
Now you've seen one... they'll turn up all over the place now! |
05-02-2009, 04:48 PM
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Congratulations Keith - sounds like you had a fantastic day
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05-02-2009, 08:41 PM
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How fab I love water rails, very hard to photograph as they do tend to skulk and merge, I think I took around 10 pics last week, only one was any good and that was centrally obscured by juncus 
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05-02-2009, 08:48 PM
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Wow well done great photo!  I remember the thrill of seeing my first water rail and last year I saw a pair at keyhaven
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05-02-2009, 08:53 PM
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Well done Keith.  |
05-02-2009, 10:37 PM
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Well done Keith, it's a great feeling seeing something new
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