Reports of the various winter grebes and divers came to my attention, so I decided on a jolly to Studland, to see what was what. I had to pop in to town to see Mrs PB at work (not to gloat, honest!!) and when I left there, on a whim, I decided no... not Studland today... the old river.
The weather was set for sunny intervals (it turned out to be more intervally than sunny!!) and when I arrived, a lovely soft light lit the Black Headed Gulls. No clue as to why I focussed on the farther one!
A bright flash caught my eye
A bit of careful manoeuvring, and I avoided the stalks and twigs
So obviously he flew off!
The gulls were still atop the wire
Across the river from me, non stop musical chirruping alerted me to the lollipops
And a Treecreeper landed adjacent ** Note... that is not the Treecreepers head... it was AI inserted when I removed a twig using Generative Remove**
The original (cropped) image
More LTT frolicking
SURPRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First time in a few years I've spotted an otter
Snack time!
Down the hatch
Incoming!
Lucky Rook! Can't work out what it's got, flat croissant? half a jammy dodger?
Still hungry!
A different red breasted bird!
Bluey
Not even a hint of a red eye Snappy!!
2nd sighting, 100 yards further up stream
Almost in focus!
Twice!!
Last lollipop
There always seems to be something that is giving me the eye!!
So, trip two complete, with a very fortuitous change of destination!
Thanks for reading.... who knows where I'll end up tomorrow!?
Stay Safe All
Another goody.
Great Otter spot and fab Kingfisher shots
Great suff PB. I love the otter pics - I've never seen one in the wild ... . Also the fab photos of the Kingfisher - I saw one the other day by the canal, I managed a couple of shots but it was dull and drizzly, so not as good as yours. I like the AI attempt at the head, albeit the wrong way round! Have you noticed in Photoshop and no doubt Lightroom that for the AI Remove Tool, we have 250 credits allowed per month. At the moment it doesn't matter if we go over, but in the future, once we are hooked I can see the credit allowance coming down and a charge for further use ...
Amazing photos. What a wonderful bunch you've captured.