20260609 Western Reef Heron, Caernarfon

 

20260609 Western Reef Heron
Signalling 1st for Britain...

20260609 Western Reef Heron
Bird flew up from loafing position into Little Froyd Bay,
landing in front of the 3rd day twitchers..!!

20260609 Western Reef Heron

20260609 Loafing site in Froyd Bay.
All creatures great and small scampered to see this 1st for Britain...

20260609 Western Reef Heron
Leaving to roost in Caernarfon Harbour this evening.
Of the 2500 images taken over 4 days is this the most visually compelling...?

20260609 Western Reef Heron
Feet dipped in cadmium yellow...

20260531 Gull-billed Tern, Minsmere

 

20260531 Gull-billed Tern
Swooping by Island Mere Hide.
Focus not quite locked on... 1/3200th sec subject detection.

20260531 Gull-billed Tern
Hawking dragonflies over Island Mere.
Black trailing edge to primaries.
Compact and forked tail.

20260601 Gull-billed Tern
Darker inner primary wedge as in Common Tern.

20260601 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica

20260502 Gull-billed Tern
Glinting in the midday sun.

20210518 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Blakeney Point.
E-M1 mkII, 300mm +MC20

20260515 Stone Curlew, NE Norfolk

 

20260515 Norfolk Thicknee

20260515 Stone Curlew
 Well marked upperparts.

20260515 Stone Curlew
Whiter uniform underparts.

20250515 Stone Curlew

20260515 Stone Curlew
In much favoured habitat of ploughed but flinty field.
Minimal black margins on covert bar and pale legs suggest this is a female...

20260516 Stone Curlew
Nest on Pig Farm, SNorfolk.
Rare use of MC20 to give 2400mm, with afternoon heat haze.
Nest below electric fence line in very active section of farm.
 Had failed a week latter as overrun by the hordes of Pigs...

20260527 Stone Curlew
NNorfolk enjoying the early morn warmth before the real heat of the day...

20260512 Great Bittern, Strumpshaw Fen

 

20260512 Great Bittern
Arguably the top flight shot in 50yrs...

20260512 Great Bittern