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  1. Steve Heath

    Tree goose

    North Lincolnshire UK. April 2024. My wife spotted a goose flying into trees from quite a distance. I was a little skeptical but sure enough a perched goose bottom, high in a Scots pine. Aware this is not uncommon in Canada geese in Canada and there have been reports of greylag perching in...
  2. Steve Heath

    OM-1 with Olympus M.Zuiko 150 x 400mm TC Pro

    Raided my savings and part-exchanged my Zuiko 300mm Pro for the 150 - 400mm. Still squirming with guilt over £6799. Here’s a (very) brief amateur review. Much more comprehensive reviews are widely available. This is aimed at those who are put off by the price. Build quality is excellent. It...
  3. Steve Heath

    Juvenile Finch Bempton Cliffs Yorkshire September

    Hi all Pretty sure this is a juvenile female greenfinch. Grateful for your thoughts.
  4. Steve Heath

    Bempton Cliffs Yorkshire UK August 2023

    Grateful for some help with ID of this bunting/ finch please. Many thanks, Steve.
  5. Steve Heath

    Lincolnshire. October 21. Grey or golden?

    Grateful for help with this plover please.
  6. Steve Heath

    Evening Gulls

    A pair of black headed gulls seen at Saltburn North Yorkshire. Watercolour painting.
  7. Steve Heath

    Bino vs Scope

    Hope I'm not exercising an old and tired debate, but if you only had the cash for a good scope or bins which would you opt for? My hobby is painting birds. Over the years I have relied on my own photography for reference. I recently indulged in a used Canon 500mm IS F4 for use in hides, to reach...
  8. Steve Heath

    Seven Avocets

    Watercolour painting of a group of avocets seen at Alkborough Flats in North Lincolnshire (UK).
  9. Steve Heath

    White tailed lapwing continues to show well at RSPB Blacktoft Sands

    Delicate plover with very long legs. As always with loan vagrants looks lost and out of place but warm weather continues to provide insects. Wonder if this is a Russian bird? Will it continue migration and rejoin its original flyway South East to the Middle East or North Africa.
  10. Steve Heath

    ??Sandpiper and Greenshank. Blacktoft Sands Yorkshire 22 Sep

    Wondered if this is a green sandpiper. Longish bill, broad tail bars, speckled and fine supercillium behind eye. Grateful for your thoughts. Many thanks. Steve
  11. Steve Heath

    ??x2 little stint with dunlin. Alkborough North Lincolnshire 18/09/21

    Grateful for your thoughts on the two smaller waders amongst this dunlin flock. Many thanks.
  12. Steve Heath

    Duck i.d. North Yorkshire coast around 500m off shore. Sept 21.

    Grateful for some I.d. help with this off shore flock. Thanks. Steve. P.S. sorry for the poor quality image.
  13. Steve Heath

    Alkborough Flats N. Lincolnshire Wader

    September 21. Marsh harrier sent a large mixed flock of waders skyward. Amongst the b t godwits was what I thought was a dunlin, but the legs semed to extend well beyond the tail. I wondered if it might be a curlew sandpiper. Sorry about the poor photo quality. Any thoughts?
  14. Steve Heath

    Gull N. York beach. UK 29/09

    Grateful for help. Kittiwake legs but common gull face. Herring gulls for contrast. Any thoughts? Steve
  15. Steve Heath

    Wader North York UK Beach 28/09

    Is this a juvenile dunlin? By itself. Very small. Thanks
  16. Steve Heath

    Askam in Furness and N. Lincolnshire England

    Grateful for help with two birds, taken on opposite sides of the country. Photo 1. Askam in Furness. Small flock in coastal hills. Wasn't sure if juvenile linnet or twite. Pointers would be appreciated, thanks. Photo 2. Lowland mixed reed bed and marsh grass on the Humber. Thought female linnet...
  17. Steve Heath

    What is feeding this cuckoo.

    Can someone help identify what is feeding this cuckoo please? I would guess reed warbler, but wondered if anyone could glean enough from this very poor picture to pin down the foster parent? I tried to get a good line of sight on the action but the cuckoo obscured the other bird. I was anxious...
  18. Steve Heath

    Juvenile kingfisher

    Slow day in a hide on my local patch, scratching mozzie bites and watching squabbling coots. Suddenly this little fella zipped in and landed on a pole at the edge of the lake. Managed to get a few shots and used these as a basis for this watercolour.
  19. Steve Heath

    Help with a duck North Lincolnshire

    Grateful for thoughts on this duck, photographed at Alkborough Flats a few days ago . Leaning to juvenile tufted but wondered if it might be a ferruginous. Thanks, Steve. PS The dots are not dust on the sensor, as I first thought, but a swarm of flies.
  20. Steve Heath

    Siskins

    Siskins in watercolour, seen in and around the Kielder Forest.
  21. Steve Heath

    New to birding abroad

    Grateful for the thoughts of experienced oversea birders. My main interest is photographing birds in order to paint them in watercolour. I have travelled around the UK and now, newly retired, hope to collect images of overseas birds for painting on rainy English days. While I'm happy to expand...
  22. Steve Heath

    Wood carving

    Usually carve marine mammals but also enjoy sketching birds from life. Thought I'd have a go at carving with minimal detail, to convey a bird as a sketch in wood (hope that makes sense). Hope you can i.d. it (European birders) if not I'm going to stick to humpback whales|=)|
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