So we got in to the land rover, and were basically told a window each. We would be driving out to areas that people are not allowed to go – not even staff. The land rover would be a mobile hide almost. So we would be shooting out the windows, but get out at some spots later on. Not a massive amount of bird life; the best pictures to follow on flickr, when processed, but a vast variety of things to see and photograph, birds of course, hares, toads, grass snakes, newts, insects, damselflies, and dragonflies, and flowers including orchids.<\/p>\n
We went for about two hours then stopped and had tea, another two to three hours then lunch and a final hour after lunch. A very enjoyable day taking pictures, with plenty of variety, for long lens, macro and wide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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