Another visit to the Dene today was rewarded with much better views of the birds. Within a ninety-minute period Northern Long taileds (caudatus) were seen on five separate occasions and usually down to quite close range. There appear to be at least two present, one always with the small flock of resident birds (rosaceus), the other always solitary. It's also possible that a continental bird (europaeus) is here as there is at least one individual with a narrow black crown stripe and very pale underparts. More photos are below, including our normal resident rosaceus and the (possible) europaeus.
[Above, a possible europaeus and (both below) typical rosaceus]
[Looking up Luddenden Dene to the north-west]
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Lovely photos from Luddenden Dene. I was also (after 3 hours searching) lucky enough to see one of these delightful birds on the 14th. Would it be possible for me to reproduce a copy of the top photo please?
ReplyDeletePlease can I ask what you mean by 'reproducing' a copy? If it's solely for your own reference/collection, there is no problem although the image file/size as shown here is greatly reduced. If for other purposes, I'm afraid the answer will be no. If you'ld like to dicuss it further though, please leave your email address here and I'll get baack to you. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI just want to print a small image for my own reference. Thank you
ReplyDeleteThat's ok. They are beautiful birds. I'm glad you like the photo.
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