Yellow-browed Warbler still lurking in the bushes

The Yellow-browed Warbler still lurking in the bushes - seen both during my lunchbreak (12-1PM) and on way home at 5:30PM on the 8th and again today, 9th March. It was quite active today between 07:45-9:00am, though the light wasn't great. Yesterday the light was great for photos but unfortunately it was behind the bird, and the bird didn't want to make an appearance for too long! Just a few fleeting glimpses. Typical! A few shots from today and yesterday below (please click on image to enlarge).

Also met Gary Faulkner, a fellow wildlife photographer. Gary has taken some great shots of wildlife all around the UK; a link to his flickr page is enclosed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gary-faulkner/sets/

Taken 09/03/12

Taken 09/03/12

Taken 08/03/12

Yellow-browed Warbler still pleasing the crowds

The Yellow-browed Warbler is still pleasing the crowds after over a week. This morning I was very lucky enough to get extremely close views for a reasonable amount of time, in the small blossom tree to the right of the entrance of my work. Furthermore, I managed to beat the bad weather by about 20 minutes! If you are coming to see the bird, it appears to like a regular early morning feed in the small conifer adjacent to the Swan Pub; I have seen it there everyday this week between 8-9am.

On Thursday I decided to purchase a longer lens to try and get some better shots of this fantastic little bird; however, with a limit budget I could only afford a second-hand Sigma 70-300mm DG lens.

Here are some of the best images from this am (all taken with a Nikon D300s). Unfortunately the light wasn't the best, so I had to crank up the ISO (up to 2500 on occasion!), lending a little bit of grain to to my shots. Overall though pretty pleased with these efforts (please click on an image to enlarge)!

Also on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48896022@N08/