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Billinge Hill Bits

Didnt even make it all the way up the hill on Saturday evening because I got a little distracted by the ever gorgeous kestrel around the horse paddocks ..... understandably my pictures dont do it full justice

 
 

 
 

Then the ever entertaining pied wagtails caught my eye as one caught a large moth(?) and dismembered it in front of my eyes

 
 

Answers on a post card please!

Then a few crows caught my attention, firstly because there aren't normally that many crows up here but because they were a bit shabby and had large amounts of white on them, presumably a pigment malfunction?
 
 


Anyhow the light soon faded and I returned to my armchair!

Paul B

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  1. Anonymous5 September 2015 at 21:09

    Superb photos! May I ask what lens you use?

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