Stories
The first ‘story’ of an new addition to my website has just been completed. It’s about my favourite bird, the Lapwing or Peewit. Possibly, the greatest breeding population in the UK resides just a stone’s throw from where I live, which, over the last 10 years, has afforded me the opportunity of recording their life history. The story section differs from my ‘collections’ in that they tell a story (no surprise there then!) with extended captions. Click here to go straight there. More stories will follow which I will let you know about as and when they are added.
Males defending their territories at sunrise. Nikon D300, 300mm f2.8, 1/1250th sec. f5.6, iso 200.
Female incubating. Hatching occurs after approximately 28 days which gave me sufficient time to 'very' gradually introduce a dummy camera housing. This was introduced over a 2 week period starting from a point, 50m away from the nest then moved forward, at intervals. It was then replaced with a sound-proof housing containing a Nikon D300 and 12-24mm lens. The camera was fired via radio remote from my car, 100m away.
Four-legged lapwing!
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Robert Canis is a professional photographer specialising in the natural world.
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