A visit to the harbour, where there were plenty of waders - Redshanks, mostly.
Spot the interlopers
Catching the light
Landing gear down
No stones to turn
Cheers,
Ian
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Yesterday we had some welcome sun…
A cormorant landing for a possible feed
A non-breeding black-headed gull with some forage in its beak - actually it’s a fish head - being noisily chased by a fellow gull.
a flock of tufted ducks, no doubt migrated from the continent for winter.
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Simon, they’re Tufted Duck.
ID’s are black (not grey) upper back and stark white flanks.
The head has a long and obvious dangling crest.
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yes you are right of course…
Hi again Simon, I’ve just booked a few days at Minsmere in May …. any tips for bird photo locations further south.
Hi Mike - I shoot up and down the coast on the peninsula - with Minsmere to the north and Felixstowe to the south …
At Minsmere my favourite hide is the East Hide - by the beach looking inland. Best times are approaching sunset and sun rise in my opinion… if you are a member you can get in outside opening hours.
A few miles south there is Thorpness near Aldebugh - quite a good spot for migratory visitors, might not be best in May though.
Further south again you have the Boyton and Hollesley marshes - Boyton marshes is a RSPB reservation area - no hides or visitor facilities . One of my favourite areas - wild and open
Nearby, you have the RSPB reserve, Havergate Island - worth booking - you need a ferry to get to it on foot only.
Then there is the River Deben - from Melton down to Kyson Point/Martlesham Creek … great opportunities for bird watching and photography, another favourite. The flooded river banks on the Sutton Hoo side have made great habitats for many birds.
So those are my haunts - I am sure there are many more… but you should have fun with these.
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Nailing it down
..and sticking his tongue out. A Red-bellied woodpecker too busy to pay attention to me.
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An unusual perspective, and a great photograph @Haim
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Thanks. It is very cold and windy around us so we see very little bird activity. I take the camera on most of my walks but rarely find anything to shoot these days. I guess we will have to wait for a warmer weather.
A flock of greater black-backed gulls in the coastal mist
A gadwall hen with her drake behind her in the winter reeds
A shoveler drake drying his wings
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I put peanuts on the grass every day for the birds and squirrels.
A couple of years ago we had a Jay that would move the peanuts to other areas of the grass and hammer them into the ground with its beak.
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Out and about on Anglesey today. A lot of birds around. Saw literally thousands of Lapwing which was good to see.
Managed to get some fairly ordinary photos. Below is Stonechat, Little Egret and Godwit, I think.
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Careful with that ice!
The most precious tiny spot these days, free of ice, attracts a pair of swans dying to take a swim. This one was done with his bath.
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I see that one of the Redshanks (left of the interlopers) has a bird ring on its leg.
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Homing redshank? 
