SOUTH LUANGWA – AFRICAN FISH EAGLE

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An African Fish Eagle – the National bird of Zambia. © [John Mallaney] and [www.johnmallaney.com], [2024]. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links … Continue reading

KINGFISHER WITH CATCH

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A Kingfisher enjoying the fruits of her labour. © [John Mallaney] and [www.johnmallaney.com], [2023]. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be … Continue reading

OSPREY – LETHAL TALONS!

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There’s very little a fish can do to escape when faced with the lethal talons of an Osprey.

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GREAT CRESTED GREBE WITH CATCH

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A great crested grebe with what I believe is a large roach. The Grebe struggled to swallow the fish but eventually succeeded after 3 – 4 minutes. © [John Mallaney] and [www.johnmallaney.com], [2023]. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material … Continue reading

GREY HERON – DOWN THE HATCH

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Grey Heron feeding. © [John Mallaney] and [www.johnmallaney.com], [2023]. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and … Continue reading

Kingfisher with Lunch

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A few shots of a Kingfisher enjoying her lunch, including one where she starts to wriggle the fish round, before eventually swallowing. © [John Mallaney] and [www.johnmallaney.com], [2021]. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission … Continue reading

Great Crested Grebe with Catch!

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Still find it amazing how such a relatively small grebe can manage to swallow such a large fish with ease. Not an expert on fish but think the unfortunate victim may be a Tench. Taken at Watermead Lake, Aylesbury. © … Continue reading

Cormorant vs Tench

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Whilst out and about at Watermead Lake, Aylesbury I managed to catch this struggle between a cormorant and a rather large and unfortunate Tench. The struggle lasted nearly 6 minutes until the cormorant was in a position to dispatch the … Continue reading