On arrival, I noted that the sun was shining right in my face, not ideal for seeing anything much, but I persevered. There wasn't an awful lot present, a few Coot having a tussle, some Mallard, Mute Swans and a couple of dozen Wigeon were all seen and duly noted. The most numerous bird present were the geese, Greylags, with a farmyard goose moulting from white to grey and a rather strange looking Canada Goose. Whilst scanning the flock a couple of smaller looking geese appeared from behind a bank and revealed themselves to be Pink-footed Geese, not a major rarity, but nice to see in a land-locked area like ours. After a while a third appeared, very nice.
Below are a couple of shots, digiscoped and hand-held with the bridge camera, but as I have already said, the light was not ideal. (What is the saying about a bad workman blaming his tools?!)
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| Digiscoped effort |
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| Above and below the bridge camera efforts. The picture above shows one of the geese with a potato stuck on its's bill. |
Its never easy to photograph at 'Grummits' John, the sun is always in your face on the main pool. I haven't been there for a long time now, but you do get some good finds there occasionally as you did with the Pink foots.
ReplyDeleteI know Roy, it's a nightmare! I have seen a couple of decent birds up there and there is now a good community of Tree Sparrows, which will feature in another post.
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Well done on seeing these John. I do like that first shot.
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith,
DeleteIt is a bit atmospheric, if nothing else!
J
Always lovely to see something you weren't expecting.
ReplyDeleteIt is Heather, although I was on the look out for an unusual goose or two.
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This first picture is very atmospheric and looks great if you click to enlarge it. You can also see the potato in the second picture if you click it!
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Thanks Bazza,
DeleteThat's a lot of clicking! ;)
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