Last month saw me spending another day on the Somerset Levels.
Early morning: Shapwick Heath.
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| Black-headed Gull |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| (a parent) |
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| Little Egret |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Water Rail |
I spend the morning watching an Osprey through my binoculars. He was perching closer than his usual tree stump, but too far away for a photograph with a 600mm lens. He flew away from me to fish. That was quite spectacular, but no picture for me! Never once did his flight-pattern bring him nearer.
Lunch at Eco-Friendly Bites at the Avalon Visitor Centre, then ...
... afternoon: Greylake.
In the car park:
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| Wood Mouse |
I was assembling my tripod and gimbal-head to take into the reserve when this caught my eye. (The catchlight in its eye caught my attention.) The location in the car park is one of the bird-tables errected by the RSPB. I managed one shot and it was gone, to be replaced by ...
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| Blue Tit |
On the reserve:
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| Large Tortoiseshell |
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