SOS Website Gallery 2008
A selection of photographs submitted by members and published with permission. Copyright is held by the original photographers. Due to shortage of space most pictures will have been resized with some loss of quality compared to the originals. 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.
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
Jay "anting" September 2008 photo Paul King
Great White Egret at Ellesmere 30 August (photo Jim Almond) shows the colour rings and a third (metal?) ring.
Great White Egret at Ellesmere 27 August (photo Jim Almond)
Two Little Egret in flight at Venus Pool 27 August (photo Jim Almond)
Grey Heron with Little Grebe at Venus Pool 24 August 2008 (photo Jim Almond) for the full sad story visit Jim's blog
Cormorant making do with small fry at Venus Pool 24 August 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Green Sandpiper at Venus Pool 24 August 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Common Crane north of Telford with a red ring August 2008 (photo Paul King)
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Venus Pool 12 August 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Yellow-legged Gull at Venus Pool 11 August 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Egyptian Goose at Polmere 11 August 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Little Egret at Venus Pool 11 August 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Honey Buzzard at Venus Pool 9 August 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Grey Heron in a thuderstorm at Venus Pool 7 July 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Common Sandpiper at Venus Pool 28 June 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Green Sandpiper at Venus Pool 28 June 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Little Ringed Plover at Venus Pool 28 June 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Juvenile Peregrines 19 June 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
A Shropshire Peregrine 20 June 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Great Spotted Woodpecker chick on Black Hill 14 June 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Tree Pipit on Black Hill 14 June 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Wheatear fledgling on Clee Hill 14 June 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Lapwing at Venus Pool June 2008 (photo Richard Pearce)
Lesser Whitethroat at Venus Pool June 2008 (photo Richard Pearce)
Young Great Spotted Woodpeckers at Venus Pool June 2008 (photo Richard Pearce)
Spotted Flycatcher at Ruyton 30 May (photo Jim Almond)
Winner of BirdGuides picture of the week award
Common Cranes at Crudgington 28 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Common Cranes at Crudgington 28 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Pied Flycatcher, South Shropshire, 23 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Male Redstart (FY), South Shropshire, 24 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Black Tern calling at Allscott 8 May 2008 (photo Paul King)
Temmink's Stint at Venus Pool 8 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
House Martins gathering mud from banks of the Severn at Crew Green 6 May 2008 (photo Richard Pearce)
Willow Warbler in Ashes Hollow 3 May (photo Richard Pearce)
Grasshopper Warbler at Sandy Hill 2 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Grasshopper Warbler at Sandy Hill 2 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Garden Warbler at Clunton Coppice 3 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
Wood Warbler at Clunton Coppice 3 May 2008 (photo Jim Almond)
enlarged part of shot below (from photo by Richard Pearce)
Flock of 18 Whimbrel passing through Venus Pool 4 May (photo Richard Pearce)
Black Tern at Venus Pool 4 May (photo Richard Pearce)
Oystercatcher with one chick at Venus Pool 4 May (photo Richard Pearce)
Cetti's Warbler at Monkmoor 7th April (photo Paul King)
Oystercatcher, two chicks and one egg, at Venus Pool 29 April (photo Paul King)
Tree Pipit at Black Hill 26 April (photo Jim Almond)
Hoopoe at Pentre Hodre 26 April (photo Jim Almond)
Avocet at Venus Pool 26 April (photo Jim Almond)
Avocet at Venus Pool 26 April (photo Paul King)