{"id":7418,"date":"2022-05-30T10:39:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T10:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7418"},"modified":"2023-03-03T10:14:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:14:53","slug":"our-garden-fairburn-ings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/our-garden-fairburn-ings\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Garden & Fairburn Ings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A few recent photos. Click on an image to see it in its gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Orange Tip butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hoverfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flowering Chive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flowering Chive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Aquilegia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Aquilegia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I keep taking my camera out into the garden when I spot things. I think this time it was Orange Tip butterflies that caught my attention. I reckon that their wings act like solar panels. With the sun on them they seem to have the energy to keep flying for ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoverflies search out areas where the sun shines through the leaves so that they really stand out as they hover against the darker surroundings. They hover for a few seconds and then flash to another ray of sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two photos of the flowering Chive show the affect of aperture on depth of field and are included more for my photographer friends. The first one was taken with a aperture of f2.8 and shows only a couple of flower heads in focus. The second was taken with an aperture of f13 and shows more flower heads and stems as clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just under where the Hoverfly was flitting about the sun was also lighting up some Aquilegia flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great Crested Grebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great Crested Grebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kingfisher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kingfisher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chiff Chaff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chiff Chaff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Friday I went along to RSPB Fairburn Ings with my camera. I didn’t spend long there and each time I walked up to the Kingfisher viewing screen I saw a flash of blue as one flew away. I decided to be patient and waited. A Great Crested Grebe came along the stream. This was the first time I had seen one on such a small stream. It has a rather nice crest and an impressive mullet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a few minutes a Kingfisher came along but spent most of its time mainly hidden behind leaves. Fortunately it also landed on the strategically placed branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robins, Wrens, Blue tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits and Sparrows could be heard and seen using the feeders, and Chiff Chaffs could be heard high in the trees. I managed to spot one of them and got a couple of the usual style of photos of such birds – looking up at it in the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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