Thursday, 8 August 2019

20190808 Purple Heron NWT Upton Marshes


20190808 Purple Heron
Only the head showed low down from a reedy dyke.
Then the bird pointed head skywards as Bittern.


20190808 Purple Heron
Preferred to hold bill tilted up for most of the time.
Mature juvenile face and head pattern, darker crown and ear covert stripe developing.


20190808 Purple Heron
Bird moved up out of dyke revealing a brown body of  a juvenile bird.

20190808 Purple Heron


20190808 Pink-footed Goose
With 4 greylag near the same dyke.
Probably injured and summers now with resident geese.

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