Lonely Places

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A weekend on the Suffolk coast presented the perfect opportunity to test the merits of my new phone, a Galaxy S7, at taking video and pics down the scope.  While the girls had a look around Orford Castle I went down to Orford Quay hoping that there'd be some birds about ready to pose.  The morning was glorious and the first Avocets had returned and were feeding alongside Black-tailed Godwit and Redshank.

Considering these were all hand held against the eyepiece I'm looking forward to making an adaptor that will hold the kit together more robustly.  It continues to amaze me what a thin wedge of technology can do. 

I was aware that a Rough-legged Buzzard had been seen over Orford Ness the previous day and kept an eye to scanning across the shingly widerness with it's defunct military buildings, smartly striped lighthouse and unexploded ordnance. Several Marsh Harrier surveyed the area and a lone Peregrine took vigil.  After the diversion of the waders to photograph I looked towards the north and found the Rough-leg being harried by the harriers.  It showed well gaining height over the village before returning to the saltmarsh.  Later I watched it closer with just the bins from the Quayside.  It or a good imposter was then sat on a very distant building.