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  1. 30-10-2010 #1
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    From my visit to Brownsea Island last week. Taken by the lagoon.
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    Such beautiful looking birds in flight, it must have been a sight to see.
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    It was impressive. As the wheeled around in the sky getting a flash of white and then black.
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    Sorry missed these shots, love to watch the wheel in the air and the shots show it really well. Like the single shot as well.
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    They really are a bird made for flock-flying - stunning patterning. I am quite jealous, Joe.
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