Third Bird Photography: Little Egret

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Monday, 26 December 2016

Gibraltar Point

A day out at Gibraltar Point, the only acceptable way of spending time in Skegness!

Gibraltar Point route

Very bright, very windy.

Little Egret

Gill in the sun

Wind Turbines in the Wash

Reeds by the meres

Mute Swan taking off

Reeds by the meres

Twite?

Sun setting behind the new visitor centre

Plane in the sunset

Brent Geese

Some sort of crustacean we can't identify

Sunday, 25 December 2016

Freiston Shore

Some fresh air and exercise before turkey-time. No shortage of fresh air, blowing a gale up on the sea walls.

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwits getting excitable around a Black-headed Gull

Little Grebe

Flock of Curlew

Big flock of ducks

Little Egret

Sunday, 28 December 2014

Gibraltar Point

Time to burn off some turkey with a wander around Gibraltar Point. Bright winter sun all day long, a light breeze and a lot milder than we were expecting, given the sub-zero temperatures over night.

Little Egret flying by the flood-damaged visitor centre

Cormorants flying by

Brent Goose

Brent Geese

One Sanderling was poking about by the waves once we reached the shore. I did the necessary, laid down on the mud/sand and waited for it to come past. Luckily it obliged, possibly because of the dog walkers heading our way.

Sanderling

Lying down on the job, but those rocks were painful

Mixed gulls flying by the wind turbines

Goldeneye displaying

Curlew

Little Egret

We waited at the car park to see if the Owls would come out. We saw one Barn Owl briefly fly past and then disappear again. Talking to another birder later on three had been quartering the other side of the sea wall. A note for next time!

Barn Owl

The sun setting over the marshes

Gill in the field

What made these tracks?

Monday, 8 October 2012

Leighton Moss

This time armed with wellies we sloshed round Leighton Moss in search of Bearded Tits. We weren't disappointed (although we never really got the shot we wanted).