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Whitethroat

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 29, 2013 at 7:27 AM
Whitethroat

One from yesterday morning, I headed Up North to check out a site that I'd found for Whinchat, but some very smart Whitethroats had turned up and taken over, this is one of the first shots, thinks it's a male as it was very showy.

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Thanks for the feedback on my last Snipe shot and thanks for looking.

There are some more shots on the blog for those interested.

Andy... :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on May 29, 2013 at 7:34 AM
No nits from me, Andy. I love the colouring on this shot.

David
Posted by Bob Johnson on May 29, 2013 at 8:19 AM
Great stuff Andy. love the BG and the colours of the fauna :wink:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on May 29, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Hi Andy a very very nice image.

Phil.

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Posted by John Robinson on May 29, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Love the typical brown on the wings and the comp too. The used to nest in tall heather here in the forest years ago before the trees shaded it all out.
He looks a bit fed up to me :biggrin:
JR
Posted by keith mitchell on May 29, 2013 at 11:29 AM
Andy it's a great pose and the setting and the bg are excellent.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 29, 2013 at 1:48 PM
What a coincidence! I was having my lunch admiring the view of the Skye Coulin mountains and all I could hear was a whitethroat singing, in fact I saw another later on. Great shot Andy of an overlooked species and the perch really places it in its habitat. I think the soft lighting has helped bring out all its detail.

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Posted by Graham Goddard on May 29, 2013 at 5:58 PM
Super image again Andy - love the colours.

The upper mandible looks slightly overgrown doesn't it ? :wavey:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 30, 2013 at 11:09 AM

Thanks for the feedback guys, I was very pleased with this one and I think it's one of the best images I have ever taken :smile:

Hi Graham, yes, he has a rather large over bite :biggrin:

Andy... :wavey:
Posted by keith mitchell on June 1, 2013 at 3:41 AM
Hi Andy.
Very much agree with this( I was very pleased with this one and I think it's one of the best images I have ever taken )
:wavey:

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM

Thanks very much, Keith :smile:

Andy... :wavey: