tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post9181376613743302921..comments2024-03-26T16:59:23.236+00:00Comments on Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Another trip to my local Nature ReserveRagged Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-49601005820495005832013-11-01T17:31:38.846+00:002013-11-01T17:31:38.846+00:00Em Parkinson Thanks :) You get some cracking shots...Em Parkinson Thanks :) You get some cracking shots with your camera though!!! Having looked at prices of some of top of range Canon and Nikon lenses think I'm stuck with current set up for ever!!! Perhaps I ought to investigate Photoshop more and improve that way :)<br /><br />Hopefully, the black swan (which seems resident) will eventually come close enough again and I'll have camera with me!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-30958809982865095802013-11-01T13:16:56.979+00:002013-11-01T13:16:56.979+00:00I feel the same way about my camera....it's al...I feel the same way about my camera....it's all I can afford and it just has to do. Lovely to see the black swan, however distantly!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-19441299809818893932013-11-01T10:20:05.499+00:002013-11-01T10:20:05.499+00:00Wendy - Many thanks - looking forward to butterfli...Wendy - Many thanks - looking forward to butterflies next year :) Sad news re: wildlife sites and HS2 :(<br /><br />Margaret Adamson Many thanks Margaret - the site seems to hold great promise :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-34978992686950453032013-11-01T08:29:51.523+00:002013-11-01T08:29:51.523+00:00HI RR Good to see the Black Swan again and this p...HI RR Good to see the Black Swan again and this patch for you will be wonderful to visit anytime but especially in the spring perhaps.Margaret Birding For Pleasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400663056547331997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-83182655550712646152013-10-31T22:10:24.576+00:002013-10-31T22:10:24.576+00:00That's exciting news about the butterflies; th...That's exciting news about the butterflies; there should be some good sightings next year.<br />But that's also terrible news about the sites that will be destroyed.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02792703802542843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-28288647686407976532013-10-31T22:03:46.915+00:002013-10-31T22:03:46.915+00:00Countryside Tales - Many thanks - looking forward ...Countryside Tales - Many thanks - looking forward to Spring and Summer :)<br /><br />Chris Rohrer Hi Chris - Many thanks - yes, at long last, I think I have :) <br /><br />The annoying thing was that on one of my initial visits the swans were right by the hide but I hadn't taken the camera :(<br /><br />Still "fighting" the massacre. Truly awful :( Govt got population estimates all wrong - far less badgers than they thought (they really haven't a clue!!!) and they killed very few. So they've extended licences to try and kill more :( 3 weeks in Somerset and 8 WEEKS in Gloucestershre. Totally livid!!! :(<br /><br />Seagull Suzie - Many thanks - yes can't wait :) I had a macro lens Cmas/bday before last but still learning how to use!! Would really like a Canon or Nikon set up as don't want to buy any more lenses for Olympus as, apart from the extortionate dslr range for professionals, they seem to be moving away from dslrs to concentrate on pen system of cameras etc. :(Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-32146422600305885212013-10-31T19:45:10.772+00:002013-10-31T19:45:10.772+00:00You'll have so many new things to look for nex...You'll have so many new things to look for next year, how exciting. Oh yes a 400mm lens would be great. I'm after a macro lens for Christmas, but maybe a 400mm sometime later when I've saved up.SeagullSuziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857680854262709165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-87690838617733141582013-10-31T18:21:35.884+00:002013-10-31T18:21:35.884+00:00Sounds like you've found your patch:) As for ...Sounds like you've found your patch:) As for the Swans....very cool finds BUT yes, they do tend to like that far away stuff:) As for that massacre......:(Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-51146287417830595862013-10-31T17:35:44.913+00:002013-10-31T17:35:44.913+00:00Bovey Belle Many thanks. Yes I would imagine its ...Bovey Belle Many thanks. Yes I would imagine its an escapee. There was a Bar-headed Goose there a few weeks back - presume escapee also.<br /><br />Wonderful to read about your Cloud of Clouded Yellows - what a wonderful experience. Something as lovely as that happening can remain with you forever :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-90843105947771904102013-10-31T16:30:59.897+00:002013-10-31T16:30:59.897+00:00the butterflies will be fun to check out next summ...the butterflies will be fun to check out next summer- how exciting, and always lovely to have a new place to see them :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-5615902418345875192013-10-31T15:51:42.503+00:002013-10-31T15:51:42.503+00:00The Black Swan is amazing. Is it an escapee from ...The Black Swan is amazing. Is it an escapee from a private collection?<br /><br />As for Clouded Yellow butterflies, when we were living in Dorset we saw them regularly and one year, the Summer of the Clouded Yellows we called it, an absolute CLOUD of them came over from France. We were on the coast path near Encombe, and saw something coming towards us, and as it got closer, it was an absolute host of Clouded Yellows, which eventually flew over and around us, surrounding us. Surreal and really magical.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com