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    A pretty rare Bird ,mainly confined to Sotland and Northern England and not muched photographed.
    I have known from my previous walks in the area that their was a small colony of these birds high up on the grassy moorlands from were i live.
    It is a 2 hour walk to the area due to having to go the long way round due to a lot of deep quarry work thats out of bounds .
    Anyway last night was a recky for the birds and this morning i set off in hope of shots as the light is to my advantage before mid day .

    These are very nervous birds so camo and being hidden is a must .
    i got a few shots but this is my favorite ,a slight crop from the right to remove some of the rock ,PP in LR and PS .
    Canon 1d mkiv 500mm f4 wiith the x.1.4 at 6.3 iso 400 1/640 sec +1/3 ev
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    Congratulations! What fun to get a rarity. Nice pose, good light and detail, with simple bg. Good choice to crop out some of the oof rock, so what remains is not too distracting. I don't know the bird. Is it in intermediate plumage as shown here?

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    Just to update,i have posted the wrong image(such a long day)this is a Linnet .
    I do have shots of the Twite and will post later rater than remove this image

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    Beautiful and colorful image. Sharp and well composed.

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