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The 600mm lens proved to be way too tight to capture this little squabble. I still love this image though.
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Pre-dawn mist. The first of many buzzards to arrive.
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Just landed.
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"You looking at me?"
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"Don't you dare come near me!"
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"It's thirsty work, this."
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"This is MY food!"
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cfdbe75a-7981-4460-ae19-becf3266473c/a9aad56f-6cd4-4ed3-ab0f-68661dcfcd22_rw_3840.jpg?h=51ff49b95c4907b13f19411dae1cbf38)
"Just a quick shower"
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Watching. Always watching.
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![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cfdbe75a-7981-4460-ae19-becf3266473c/e77a1c4f-105c-4131-b955-fd09ea44fa4d_rw_1920.jpg?h=70c894b38a7ef55c7c589dc52a1be6d6)
"Haven't you finished yet?"
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A buzzard trying - unsuccessfully - to turn his dinner from a dine-in to a take-away.
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A cheeky magpie seizes an opportunity to steal a tasty morsel of meat.
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Look at the gorgeous feathers on the pheasant!
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cfdbe75a-7981-4460-ae19-becf3266473c/f06a154a-ae0a-49e0-9ef2-6ff303c84c14_rw_3840.jpg?h=cca4231b7213bda6d3e8268be5f9373b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cfdbe75a-7981-4460-ae19-becf3266473c/c4e96c8b-097b-429f-bd89-50afc2eefd26_rw_3840.jpg?h=9b10f9da68e1d802953a42e1cf122e43)
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The red kites were most definitely the underdogs, but that didn't seem to stop them from trying to get to the food.
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"Keep away from my food!"
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After many attempts, the magpie manages to get away with a little something; although it looks more like feathers than meat to me.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cfdbe75a-7981-4460-ae19-becf3266473c/329e2009-d9b3-48d6-99a6-cc8aa5277961_rw_3840.jpg?h=1c275a6bcfdbbadaef0c30ef4c831f7e)
A red kite chased off by a buzzard.
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A buzzard taking a bath in a small pond.
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Standoff!
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Nobody likes spectators when having a bath!
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"Oh, sod it, I'm going to have a bath anyway!"
I love the look on the face of the guy at the back!
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This may look like the start of a warm embrace, but it certainly isn't a friendly greeting.
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"May I have the next dance, please?"
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"I'm the boss here, and you'd better know it!"
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An unexpected lifer: Corn Bunting!
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Feathers fly as the buzzard sees off the kite.
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How's this for a cutie?
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/cfdbe75a-7981-4460-ae19-becf3266473c/f278f79f-6878-4d2e-a19c-f568175b8bc5_rw_3840.jpg?h=46276785ee336bab13020937fcf1e484)
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Incoming!
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A red kite spitting feathers as he plucks the pheasant ready to eat.
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