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peppiB's Photos
Topic Started: Aug 5 2008, 08:56 PM (17,707 Views)
JennyWren
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:cool3: smashing to be getting out and about again , peppi ......... that cormorant was a good sighting :clap4: : )
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mick2
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great to see you out snapping again peppi :)
ive seen cormorants here with white breasts, wasnt sure if thats a juvenile thing?
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peppiB
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:thanx: all

That cormorant was very very distant and is a huge crop. I didn't notice the white 'in the field' When I first saw the photo I thought 'is it a little pied cormorant escaped from somewhere' (Australasian bird) but the bill on this one is too long so it just must be a partial leucistic character

Pleased I was out this morning as it has been an horrendous storm since just after lunch and the winds are still lashing the rain against the windows
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:greatpics: PeppiB the Cormorant was a brilliant sighting :cool2:
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Tabatha
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:greatpic: :love: the curlew and the cormorant with the white markings. :cool:
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Davebutterflyman
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Partially leucistic Cormorants can be more common than other species but the amount of white pigment can vary dramatically.
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Another Mr (or Mrs) Piebald :grin:
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A great selection of photos PeppiB I love the Crlew and the leucistic Cormorant :cool:
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Birdwatchandy
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Great Photo's PeppiB
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peppiB
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:thanx: Andy,FYH, HH and Tabatha

Dave - next time I am along there (IF this monsoon ever stops) I will try and look out for it and get a closer photo. There are dozens on that stretch of river! :bird1:
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Ok PeppiB...i'll look forward to seeing those.
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peppiB
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HH expressed an interest in seeing these. Well, I suppose 2 are named after birds

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From the left - Sir Nigel Gresley, Dwight D Eisenhower, Bittern, Dominion of Canada, Mallard

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Union of South Africa in steam
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Tabatha
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:greatpic: Shame you couldn't get closer to them. I can see it does look busy. That's half term for you.
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mick2
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good pics peppi, i must pay a visit to the caledonian railway this year when it starts running again after winter.
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JennyWren
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nice to see the photos peppi Posted Image

That Dominion of Canada seems to be housed in Quebec ...... it must cost a fortune to ship it over :paul: no wonder you wanted to see them all now :cool4:
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Tabatha - this is closer to them

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they're great ones , peppi ...... i can see why there's so much interest .. amazing machinery . Did you see the Indian Railway programmes ? ... i enjoyed them very much Posted Image
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Fantastic, I love those stream lined engines! Oh wish I could have gone to see them. :greatpics: considering the crowds
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Jen - the Dwight D Eienhower is from the USA

When I was a kid I saw Mallard at the head of the 'Flying Scotsman' service as it stopped in Darlington, also saw Sir Nigel Gresley there. I have actually been on a train pulled by the Nigel Gresley and have often seen it at its home at North Yorks Moors Railway. Been to York several times where Mallard lives in the National railway Museum.

I haven't seen the overseas visitors or Bittern before.

It is just that class of engine I like the styling of, although Locomotion, the first ever engine to haul passengers, is housed at Darlington Railway museum and is great to see. There is a replica of Locomotion in steam at Beamish open air museum near Chester le Street
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peppi Posted Image I suppose they must ship it over as well as the Dom of Can Posted Image

I don't know anything about them except that they're very handsome engines and work/ed hard for their living . A friends husband is mad about all things railway ... i wonder if he went up to see them :paul:

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