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I am still absolutely loving this camera. Haven't got round to studying video yet but wanted to capture the water birds during January 2021 as two organisations were arranging counting...

Laughing Doves or Rock Doves :)

Yaaaaayyyyyy we have clouds! Went up to my roof terrace this morning in my jim jams to capture this just for you :)

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Possibility of a cloud on Wednesday or Thursday here. I will make a note in my diary :)

Christmas in the Eastern Desert of Egypt:

https://youtu.be/dIB0gZ6RWSk

I have an animal print galabeya :)

Thank you. I just wish I could get closer. Always heavily cropping.

I still have all this wonderful camera equipment. Just over six weeks now and loving it.

Photos here: https://www.facebook.com/BirdsRedSea

Wishing you all a safe and peaceful Christmas.
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For me, this year has been all about the birdies. Trip to visit UK cancelled. Family trips coming here cancelled. Weeks of a ghost town during the height of COVID restrictions but the freedom to walk...

El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt for Christmas 2021. Temperature creeping up. 27 degrees today and set to reach 31 on Monday!! Forecast dropping to 24 degrees on Christmas Day and 13 degrees at night.

We...

I took another photo today from the distance and received help with ID suggestions.
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Caspian Gulls https://ebird.org/species/casgul2/EG

You just reminded me I had a photo of two Caspian Terns on their own. I forgot to process it.

Here are the first photos posted just now to my new page Birds of the Red Sea:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=BirdsRedSea&set=a.120826866479487

They started mating in September!! Very strange. Maybe they will stop now the temperature has dropped??

Finally, here is the introductory video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-sPO6jmxR8

And the Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/BirdsRedSea

Battery charging, will be busy tomorrow :)

Baby Bonfire for making tea in the desert.
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Congratulations Jen Winged Blob.

Over to you.

The competition is closed and the poll is up:
https://www.thediveforum.com/showthread.php?28161-Poll-October-Non-Diving-Competition-Making-a-Splash

https://i.postimg.cc/k4GqySKF/mud-2220024.jpg

Mud geyser gently bubbling Rotorua N. Island New Zealand.


Chasing sticks at the Crook o' Lune
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Just hours left......

I can't believe on a diving forum there are no more pictures of splashes!

I just attended the premier showing of Ocean Souls at El Gouna Film Festival.

I had a lovely chat with Philip Hamilton, Director and Producer before the event.

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Deadline approaching fast. Closes 31st October midday UK time.

Most fly to Istanbul and stay in the airport.

The bus to Cairo is long enough. 6 hours there and 7 back.

I am staying put. With 40,000 cases of COVID-19 in France yesterday I don't want to...

The lenses arrived yesterday in Egypt :)

Watch this space.........

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Before I contacted Canon I contacted Park Cameras in London. They were quoting 3 weeks for the two lenses RF 100-500mm and RF 800mm. Looking at their website I think they are still waiting too. Canon...