After the Thrush visit to our pond on Wed we then went out to Lackford Lakes for a walk to see what was about in the reserve. We had planned not to go into any hides if they were already occupied.
Walking past the sailing lake there was this Greylag still in winter camouflage, looking somewhat haughty
Followed by a Robin looking expectantly for food..
The first hide was empty so we entered to find
A Heron looking slightly grumpy
The usual Tufftie
The Heron perked up
Then a BH Gull decided to race a Cormorant
Grumpy decided to have a smarten up
Suddenly a deafening sound just outside the hide announced the arrival of
As I was focused on the Wren Mrs T who was also photoing it spotted another bird and captured this one on her pocket Panasonic, who needs to spend silly money on big camera's and lens's. The best view we've ever had of a Cetti Warbler and the clearest pic of one I've seen in along time. No, No I'm not jealous at all......️
It was sat next to the wren for about 2/3 mins before I could pick it up and then disappeared.
A BH Gull then decided to annoy the Heron... hooligan
I/we moved on after that to the next empty hide.
The usual Snipe hunkered down
Another Snipe looking for nibbles
The 4 amigos with a headless friend
A blue flash and you know who arrived on its perch for a couple of minutes.
Time to move on as other people appeared so we went onto then woodland
A smart looking Dunnock
We were also able to listen to and watch Chiffchaff around the reserve but no pics so a good reason to go back next week, as long as there are not too many people about.
Lovely photos Tony, and the greylag looked just perfect in the light.