ML624226320
Contributor
Mike Ball Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Templecombe Marsh (Typically flooded October-May/June).
Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
A lifer! A juvenile individual was seen flying low over the flood water and repeatedly diving down and plucking prey from just below the water surface. The juvenile landed multiple times, and I was then able to take some photographs, which are attached below. I have also embedded a video that I recorded of the bird. The video is shaky as I had to hold my phone over the telescope lens. I had an excellent view of the bird through my telescope for around 30 minutes, and was able to clearly see all of the identifying features.
Technical information
- Model
- SM-N976B
- ISO
- 50
- Focal length
- 4.3 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/2.4
- Shutter speed
- 1/301 sec
- Dimensions
- 4032 pixels x 3024 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.77 MB