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Rob Cadd Photography | Sand martin : breezy perch : RSPB Frampton Marsh @robcaddphotography | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 48 minutes ago.
Normally quite tricky to film, these sand martins (Riparia riparia, also known as Bank swallows) made it a lot easier for me, by hovering in the moderate breeze, next to a metal rod/pipe on which one or two of them also attempted to land. Others seemed to be happy just to hover adjacent to the perching spot.

Location: RSPB Frampton Marsh (360 hide). Lincolnshire, UK
Date: 07 Aug 2023 (late afternoon)

Filmed using an #iphone12promax attached to an Opticron field scope -- a technique sometimes known as phonescoping , a subcategory of digiscoping.
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Sand martin : breezy perch : RSPB Frampton Marsh @robcaddphotography

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