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Taking pictures and recording sounds of redshank it is no problem in Iceland. Redshanks, snipes and whimbrels often can be seen on stakes of palings sitting there along the road even when driving. Redshanks reach a weight of 170 grams and wingspan of about 60 cm, and their population in Iceland is estimated at 140 thousand individuals (2014). Redshank is not a timid and silent bird. Only oystercatchers were louder.

Again an example of a “gallery” based on one “contact”, registrating picture. One must start with something to improve the gallery of each species, as I stated that at the beginning. Let's hope it will be so and Ringed Plover's gallery, as a species, will change its aspect on my site. For now I stick to this one picture taken in a bad light from too big of a distance. And it was taken in the morning awaiting for a Black Sotrk to arrive. After that the Ringed Plovers immediately flew away and did not come back as the Stork, for couple of hours, took over their turv.

Rosefinch should be really included in the thematic group Turkey 2. These few documentary pictures  were taken in Turkey. When I began selecting a few thousand photos that I brought from Turkey, there were some pictures of hard to identify species. These were put aside for later identification, not to interfere with the main task of classifying “Turkey – 2” photos. Having done that I finally had time to concentrate on those unidentified pictures. The bird turned out to be a rosefinch. The Rosefinch occurs in Europe and Asia.

I won’t tell you a lot about this bird, its habits or its occurrence, as I haven’t had an opportunity to observe it. The pictures performed are the only photos of this species that I have taken, and they are rather documentary. It has a wingspan of about 30 cm, and weight of 30 g. I hope that the quality of this gallery and my knowledge of these birds will improve with time.
Last minute news - 04/2014

During the winter cruise on the Baltic Sea we managed to shoot two new species: the velvet scoter  and the common scoter. While there were velvet scoters in a great number it was much easier to take them quite good photos. Both velvet and common scoters were very skittish. The gallery of common scoters as a documentary one gets one star in my “star rating”, but it should be noticed because it is my first encounter with the representatives of this species, belonging to the Polish fauna in addition (329/452).
Last minute news - 11/2017

As usual, during workships and especially on a trip something unexpected must happen. This time, the surprise that took us aback was the Common Shelduck. Such nice surprises are likely to happen in Sweden, especially before you travel by ferry. The Shelducks were within the range of my lenses. It was more difficult to approach Common Eiders and Cormorans. On the shore, we spotted two couples of Shelducks. One of them was rather timid and took off almost immediately. The other couple kept some distance let us take some photos of them. This is a beautiful bird.

For a few months (08/13) I have not presented any worthy news. The more satisfaction brought me being on the lookout in wet meadows where you could get the impression of finding yourself in another, more beautiful reality, needless to say about pictures. The marshy meadow surrounded by arable fields look ordinarily, as usual. But several minutes after camouflaging in lying position, you can see the views unavailable without masking. Wagtails, plovers, wood sandpiper or swallows can be seen on a small patch of the marshy meadow every now and then.

The biggest pain in the neck of our gardeners, at least for those, who have cherry, wild cherry or plump gardens. Common Starlings can gather in big heros, so the damage caused by their prey can be big. From the distance its inconspicuous contour, but at close quarters it reveals its charm of paradise shining hues of green, navy blue, violet and brown mixed with white dots. Unfortunately, it is hard to take photo, despite its huge occurence in our country. Intense, contrast light blurs these colors, similarly to a Raven and a rook.

Well, the common swift joins my gallery, but with documentary, symbolic quality. When I was taking photos of the baillon’s crake, or rather when I was waiting hours and hours for its appearance, there was enough time to try to get some pictures of the common swift. Though they were everywhere in abundance, capturing them on pictures is a big challenge. The common swift spends most of its life flying. On the ground it can be seen only during the breeding season.

Last minute news -12/2018 Sri Lanka