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Barnacle goose in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

New environments are always inspiring and I really enjoyed exploring the buildings of Longyearbyen<\/a> as photographic subjects. What is always more exciting are the birds of a new environment. Seeing and identifying new species and trying to make firstly, record images and then, hopefully something a bit better to remember the experience. This week I will share bird images encountered on my first afternoon walk around Longyearbyen.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Barnacle goose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Barnacle geese were present in good numbers and I had first seen them in Oslo but without any real opportunity to photograph. It was good to spend a bit of time watching them feeding, flying and resting. There were also a number on nests.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Barnacle goose on the nest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Arctic terns were also plentiful and while I have seen them previously in Antarctica and the New Zealand Subantarctics, this was my first chance to photograph them in the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Arctic tern in flight past resting Barnacle geese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Arctic tern in flight <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Glaucous gulls were another opportunity for a new bird species for me. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Glaucous gull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

While down at the edges of the Adventfjord, I heard the peeping of plover and took a little while to find the 2 little birds foraging on the mudflat. I managed to identify them as Ringed Plover and the low 24 hour sunlight gave a nice opportunity to get some low level shots with the Nikkor Z 100-400mm with 1.4x teleconverter as they fed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ringed plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

While down photographing the plovers, in what was to become a recurring theme, I saw my first Arctic skua (Parasitic jaeger) but only after it had passed me so only managed a reflex going away image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Arctic Skua (Parasitic Jaeger) in flight <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The most exciting first encounter for me were the numerous Snow buntings<\/a>. As a child a Golden-breasted bunting was a rare and exciting visitor to our garden so I’ve always had a soft spot for buntings, little birds with a cute name and equally cute appearance. I’ve always admired images of Snow buntings in snow so was very happy to encounter them albeit without snow. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Snow bunting resting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Snow buntings are the most northerly passerines in the world and Svalbard’s only songbird that add a musical background to the arctic summer. Follow this link for the sound of a Snow bunting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Snow bunting foraging over marshy ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Despite their cute name and appearance they’re feisty little things with regular territorial disputes during the breeding season.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Snow Bunting dispute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The final flying subject was an air ambulance flying down the fjord as it lined up to land at Longyearbyen airport.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Air Ambulance coming into land at Longyearbyen airport <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon Z8 and Nikkor Z 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 VR S with 1.4x teleconverter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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