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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3*

@lizziewallis.bsky.social

490 followers 36 following 810 posts

UK based, love photographing wildlife, landscape, macro and people. I try to get my images 'right' in camera, with little post processing. I'm drawn to either fast action or slow shutter speeds. Copyright on all images I post (except reposts).

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 43m

Thanks, Alan🙏
Is this week the big "Alan gets his long awaited k/f shots" week? 🤞🤞🤞🤞☘️☘️🍀🍀

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 45m

Thanks, Rob🙏, I nearly posted it for #attitude as they are so full of character.

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 3h

"Where? Where?"
Today's #birdoftheday set by @alan678.bsky.social is #spotted.
Two of the Northern Hawk-owl chicks (surnia ulula) definitely spotted me, the other one, not so much. 🤣
#EastCoastKin
#birds
#birdphotography
#Birdlife

Three fluffy grey mottled plumage hawk owl chicks sit on a branch. The outer two are looking at the camera, the middle one is facing away from the camera. The background is willow and birch scrub of silvers and greens.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 3h

They are very successful with numbers rising in my local area

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 18h

"What strange world is this?"
Today's #birdoftheday set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is a Kestrel.
This bird fledgling crash landed on a log next to me. I was standing waist high in the stream in camo headnet (demoiselles😁). It looked bemused by its surroundings.
#EastCoastKin
#birdphotography

A bedraggled bird of prey sits on a log in a grassy field. The Kestrel is mottled brown and all fluffed up. The background is a messy green of nettles and grasses.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous capture, Alan, what a magnificent bird.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 2d

Aren't they just 🙏

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 3d

"Pirate chicks"
The next generation of Great Black-backed gulls looking cute. Looks deceive, as anyone who has witnessed the adults swallowing a baby rabbit whole can attest.
"Sea Birds" is today's #birdoftheday theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social.

#BlueSkyMonday
#EastCoastKin
#birds

An adult Great Black-backed gull stands on a cliff edge in a carpet of Campion. Beak slightly open. Two fluffy chicks stand facing the adult. A sparkly blue sea behind.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 4d

🤣

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Jane🙏

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Sonja🙏

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Mamady🙏

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you 🙏

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Debbie 🙏

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 5d

"Strong stomach."
The long-promised image of a King Eider duck swallowing a sea urchin whole.
"Ducks" are today's #birdoftheday theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social.
We're over in Crosby on the North West coast. Not many #birds around today, given the wind.
#EastCoastKin
#birdphotography

A colourful King Eider duck swallowing a prickly sea urchin whole. The duck is sitting on the water. It has mainly back body, with white flashes. Grey head with greeny cheeks, big splash of orange outlined in black above a red beak.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 5d

Mountain Hare relaxing.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#relax
#EastCoastKin
#NaturePhotography

A mountain Hare lies on the snow, paws outstretched in front of it. A white Hare, with brown around the nose, eyebrow and paw.
One brown eye is visible, and it has black whiskers.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 5d

Peaked a day early for @robcrank68.bsky.social Saturday #birdoftheday #Ducks theme! Luckily, I have more ducks 😁

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Jane🙏

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 5d

Northern Shoveler in flight.
I love that its latin name is Spatula clypeata. That beak!
One of my favourite ducks.
#FlyDay
#EastCoastKin
#birds
#BirdsinFlight
#NaturePhotography

A flying duck, flying left. Big flat brak, green head, white body, black and grey wings with white and green flashes. Blue sky background.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 5d

Cromer Pier at night.
I like the way the lights from the pier at night reflect on the sea. The slow shutter speed (1 sec) and cropping off the top of the pier, leaving just the ironwork structure, creates some drama in the image.

#WeekNforNight
#scape
#AlphabetChallenge
#EastCoastKin

A dark indigo coloured sea scape of the lights from cromer pier reflected in the sea. The ironwork structure of the pier runs along the top edge of the image. The concrete wall of the promenade frames the image on the left. The slow shutter speed softens the white and purple pools of reflected light.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 6d

Crane in the snow.
For today's #birdoftheday set by @alan678.bsky.social, this image cunningly ticks both the #AllWeathers theme and the alternative theme of #LongLegs. 🤭
#EastCoastKin
#birdphotography
#birds

A snowy scene with falling snow and snow on the ground. A common crane stands on long legs, facing right. The bird has billows grey plumage with black tail feathers, a black neck, white cheeks, and a red patch on the head.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 6d

Wow!

Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 6d

Honking greylag (Anser anser).
"Goose/Geese" for today's #birdoftheday theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social.
I meant to post this yesterday for #attitude but the day ran away from me.

#EastCoastKin
#birdphotography
#birds

A large Goose, with mottled and barred grey and white plumage, orange beak and pink legs is aggressively strutting through a shallow pool. Back arched, head up, beak slightly open, it is seeing off an unwanted intruder. Reeds fringe the far side of the pool.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 6d

Wow! Huge flock. Super shots. A bit of a pecking order is which wire they sit on.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 6d

Nice!
I sometimes feel a bit sorry for buzzards as everything chases them off 😃