SOS Website Gallery 2008
A recent selection of photographs submitted by members and published with permission. Copyright is held by the original photographers. Due to the heavy use of bandwidth caused by a large number of pictures the gallery will usually only retain pictures on line for a month or so except in special cases. Many of these images are for sale please email us if you are interested in buying one and we will put you in touch with the photographer concerned. Outstanding pictures are occasionally select by Bird Guide for their "Picture of the week award" and where this has occurred the text will be in red. The Bird Guide website can be found at www.birdguides.com
Many
of these may also be found in the gallery at Shropshire Birds@ Yahoo Groups.
To join the group go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shropshirebirds
Jim Almond and Paul King now have their own blog sites where you will find more of
their photographs. For Jim go to shropshirebirder.blogspot.com
and for Paul go to PKDigitalWildlife.com
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Three of a flock of eight Crossbills (5 males) drinking by the Severn viewpoint at Leighton
(from a photo by Stephen France)
Great Grey Shrike on Whixall Moss 21 December 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Two juvenile Scaup at Colemere 20 December (photo Jim Almond)
Juvenile Scaup at Colemere 20 December (photo Jim Almond)
Waxwing at Ellesmere 7 December 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
3 Waxwing at Ellesmere 7 December 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Waxwing (close up) at Ellesmere 7 December 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Male and female Blackcap in a Shrewsbury garden 28 November 2008 (photo Bob Parker)
The Bittern at Venus Pool 26 November 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
The Bittern at Venus Pool 26 November 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Common Snipe at Venus Pool 26 November 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Cattle Egret in the sheep field by Ellesmere Marina 8 November 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Cattle Egret in the sheep field by Ellesmere Marina 8 November 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Cattle Egret in the sheep field by Ellesmere Marina 8 November 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Mute Swans fighting at Venus Pool 26 October 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Mediterranean Gull at Venus Pool 26 October 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
A shot for the record in poor light - Grey Phalarope at Venus Pool 23 October 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Grey Wagtail at Longnor 13 October 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Pectoral Sandpiper at Venus Pool 21 September 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Pectoral Sandpiper at Venus Pool 21 September 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Kingfisher at Venus Pool 19 September (photo by John Fielding)
The same Kingfisher?? at Venus Pool 19 September (photo by John Fielding)
Ruff at Venus Pool 16 September 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Kingfisher hovering at Venus Pool 12 September (photo Jim Almond)
Mandarin at Bridgnorth 14 September 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Sparrowhawk in a Shrewsbury garden 15 September 2008 (photo Richard Pearce)
Great White Egret at Ellesmere 30 August (photo Jim Almond) shows the colour rings and a third (metal?) ring.
Common Crane north of Telford with a red ring August 2008 (photo Paul King)