Little stunner
Just the product of a crappy record shot and chance fly-by
Chiffchaff, cute little thang.
Redshank
A newly fledged Long-Tailed Tit
Azure Blue Damselflies
Yellow Wagtail
Friday, 13 May 2011
A garganey, and other short stories.
A nice relaxing trip to Barnes today produced the goods with a stunning male Garganey, which of course decided to stay hidden behind an island (or had somehow flown off on my watch) for the good hour and a half that Shirley the friendly bird-counter was trying to get a look at it. Other good stuff came in the form of 2 Shelduck, 3 Redshank, Blackcap and Chiffchaff and bugger all else. Seeing some Damselflies (Azure blue, if I'm not mistaken) was a pleasant first for the year. I'm on study leave so there'll be either be a rash of posts or I'll be on target to pick up my hoped-for grades. Or neither.
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Has the Yellow Wagtail been trodden on?!?
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I'm going with an eastern subspecies...
ReplyDeleteThe Yellow Wag is my fav.
ReplyDeleteThank you James, they're a favourite bird of mine so I consider it a privilege to be able to get as close as I did.
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