Liam McDowell

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Liam McDowell

🇬🇧 Hobbyist Photographer 🦉🐦‍⬛🦊
🗺️ East Anglia
📷 Equipment - OMD OM-1 ii + M.Zuiko 100-400mm

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01/11/2026

Almost hidden in the shaded woodland at , this Chiffchaff stepped into the light for just long enough to be seen. Lackford Lakes is cared for by and .

Photographed with an .global OM-1 Mark II and OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20. 749mm (1500mm equivalent) | 1/800s | f/13 | ISO 2000. Spotted with Kestrel ED 10x42 binoculars.

31/10/2026

Some birds wear colour. Starlings hide it until the winter light finds every spot and flash of green in the feathers.

Photographed with an .global OM-1 Mark II and OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20. 800mm (1602mm equivalent) | 1/800s | f/13 | ISO 8000.

31/10/2026

Her chocolate-brown head, white collar and grey body stood out against the blue and copper reflections on the Cambridgeshire water.

Photographed with an .global OM-1 Mark II and OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20. 571mm (1144mm equivalent) | 1/640s | f/12 | ISO 6400.

30/10/2026

A male Tufted Duck lifting himself above the water for a full wing stretch.

Photographed with an .global OM-1 Mark II and OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20. 800mm (1602mm equivalent) | 1/800s | f/13 | ISO 16000.

30/10/2026

A juvenile House Sparrow using the handle of a garden tool as a perch.

Photographed with an .global OM-1 Mark II and OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20. 800mm (1602mm equivalent) | 1/1000s | f/13 | ISO 1600.

29/10/2026

Wagtail by name. Power stance by pose.

Square to the camera, feet planted and tail up. This Yellow Wagtail at Wicken Fen looked far more imposing than its size had any right to.

OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II, OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20, 800mm, 1/800s, f/13, ISO 4000. .global

29/10/2026

Barbs below, birdsong above. I love the contrast between that hard perch and the whitethroat's pleasant morning chirp.

The wire looks built to keep everything out. The whitethroat used it as a stage. Photographed in Cambridgeshire.

OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II, OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20, 800mm, 1/1000s, f/13, ISO 4000. .global

28/10/2026

That look suggests the great egret had already formed an opinion.

Stripped back to black, white and one direct eye, the portrait is all shape and attitude. Photographed at RSPB Lakenheath.

OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II, OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20, 800mm, 1/800s, f/13, ISO 640. .global

28/10/2026

Crossing just above the reed tops, the marsh harrier briefly separated from the muted landscape behind it.

The reeds carried the warm colour while the bird held low over them, one eye fixed below. Photographed at RSPB Ouse Fen.

OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II, OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20, 800mm, 1/1000s, f/13, ISO 6400. .global

27/10/2026

Bearded tit by name. Magnificent moustache by appearance.

This male held the reed in the first warm light at RSPB Ouse Fen and looked straight down the lens as if I had interrupted breakfast.

OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II, OM 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 + MC-20, 800mm, 1/800s, f/13, ISO 2000. .global

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