A trip to the beach

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Joseph_Lewis42
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A trip to the beach

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Whilst in the south west for a week away with the family I was very lucky to capture a rare Italian Merlin working in LFA2.

ImageEH101 ASH | MM81493 | GRUPELICOT 1 | LFA2 by Joe Lewis, on Flickr

ImageEH101 ASH | MM81493 | GRUPELICOT 1 | LFA2 by Joe Lewis, on Flickr

ImageEH101 ASH | MM81493 | GRUPELICOT 1 | LFA2 by Joe Lewis, on Flickr

ImageEH101 ASH | MM81493 | GRUPELICOT 1 | LFA2 by Joe Lewis, on Flickr
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Very rare catch, nice work!

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Lovely stuff....

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A belter catch, Joe!

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Thanks all for the kind comments, the 10 miles walked throughout the day paid off!

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Joseph_Lewis42 wrote:
Sat 07 Jun 2025, 5:24 pm
Thanks all for the kind comments, the 10 miles walked throughout the day paid off!
Just a bit! Lovely photos of an impressive beast at work.

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Yes it was very impressive, especially the 15 foot flyby it gave us at the end!

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Very nice to see, thanks for sharing :-)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24874528@N04/

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I'd be very happy with that first image, brilliant photo of a rare helicopter at work.

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I was chuffed with the brownout, thank you both for the comments :)

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