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Ivor Allchurch
Spent most of last week in the Provence region of Southern France then came home on Saturday to no electricity for 3 days and only been back on since yesterday morning. On the plus side, I missed the Sheff Utd debacle even though I was back in time. Went mostly to do some walking in some beautiful places in some lovely weather and came back with lots of pics including some of the local birdlife.
Wallcreeper - never seen one before. They are difficult to find and even more difficult to get close to as they spend most of their time on sheer cliff faces and they are mostly the same colour as the rocks which all makes getting decent photographs quite a challenge. However, their wings have an incredible red and white pattern on them which shows in flashes as they hop around non-stop on the rockface, sometimes resembling a large butterfly. This is a composite photograph to show the difference between what they look like most of the time and on those occasions when parts of their wings are visible which is really impressive in flight but even more difficult to photograph.
Bonelli's Eagles - was admiring the incredible view from the top of la Caume mountain when I heard a commotion behind me and as I turned, I saw several Ravens seeing off a pair of Bonelli's Eagles which is another species I'd never seen before. Only managed to click 4 dodgy shots before they disappeared but incredibly lucky to see them at all.
Marsh Harrier
Common Cranes - there were flocks of hundreds regularly going over making quite a racket
Wallcreeper - never seen one before. They are difficult to find and even more difficult to get close to as they spend most of their time on sheer cliff faces and they are mostly the same colour as the rocks which all makes getting decent photographs quite a challenge. However, their wings have an incredible red and white pattern on them which shows in flashes as they hop around non-stop on the rockface, sometimes resembling a large butterfly. This is a composite photograph to show the difference between what they look like most of the time and on those occasions when parts of their wings are visible which is really impressive in flight but even more difficult to photograph.
Bonelli's Eagles - was admiring the incredible view from the top of la Caume mountain when I heard a commotion behind me and as I turned, I saw several Ravens seeing off a pair of Bonelli's Eagles which is another species I'd never seen before. Only managed to click 4 dodgy shots before they disappeared but incredibly lucky to see them at all.
Marsh Harrier
Common Cranes - there were flocks of hundreds regularly going over making quite a racket
