When I was a young lad I used to love playing Subbuteo with my friends, a table top football game. What I didn't realise at the time was that the inventor of the game was a very keen birdwatcher, and after not being able to call the game 'Hobby', which was his first choice but was not allowed due to patent issues, he decided to call it Subbuteo which is the Latin name for the bird of prey.
While Lisa and I were at Minsmere we had great fun trying to photograph these high speed birds as they hunted near us chasing dragonflies. There were many more bad shots than good ones, but I was actually quite pleased with a few of the results.
Hobby (Falco subbuteo).
A Four-spotted Chaser attached to a Hobby.
After trying for a couple of hours these are the only sharp shots achieved!!
A fly-by from a male Marsh Harrier was much easier.
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