ML363917551
Contributor
Seán Holland Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Renville West
Galway, Connaught, Ireland
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Scanned the marsh on arrival with my binoculars and thought I had a Buzzard. Scoped it and realised my mistake. Perched on fence post at the end of the marsh for a long period. Took flight several times to hunt mullet(unsuccessfully as far as I could see) in small lagoon at the back of marsh. Observed several dives into water and got great views as it circled above. Watched it for about 2.5 hours before it flew away north over inner Galway Bay. Walked thru the fields to seashore and scoped the islands and seashore in the bay but couldn't relocate. Returned in the evening but no sight of the bird. Lifer!
Technical information
- Model
- DC-FZ82
- ISO
- 80
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.9
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 2330 pixels x 1761 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.53 MB