Saturday 29th April a.m.
A Dull morning making photography difficult but feeling mild with only a light breeze and a temperature of 8°C.
Harold Park
A relatively quiet visit with the usual
Tufteds,Canadas and
Coots on the water with a visit from two
Herring Gulls on the water and a pair of
Grey Wagtails giving me the run around, so no picture of them. A
Mute Swan(Red Y222) was some what easier and a
Collared Dove looked well amongst the Cherry blossom.
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| Collared Dove |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Herring Gull |
Park Dam
Down the road a little there were
Starlings carrying food with a good number in the field feeding, on the water were
Coots,Canadas,Tufteds and three distant
Gt Crested Grebes.Over the water were
Swallows feeding, I decided to walk round the Lake and found a place to sit and hope the GC Grebes would come closer.Whilst here I spotted a distant
Grey Wagtail and after a while my patience bore fruit as the three Grebes came close enough for a few pictures.Then I noticed some movement on the rocks under the dam wall, to my surprise and delight it was a
Common Sandpiper, a first for me here.I started to move off with
House Martins and
Sand Martins joining the Swallows over the water and some moved to a nearby wire for me to plough through the wet grass for some pictures.After a slow start I had an enjoyable and productive morning, with the thrill of seeing the Common Sandpiper fresh in my mind as I drove home.
Nigel.
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| GC Grebe |
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| Swallow |
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| Sand Martin |
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| House Martin |
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| Return of the Hirundines |
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| House Martin |
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| Common Sandpiper at Park Dam 29/4/2017 |
Lovely pics Nigel.
ReplyDeleteParticularly like the Collared Dove and House Martin.
Good going getting 3 different sp. Of hirundines - just local Swallow for me so far - and only a few about.
John
pleased you spotted the Common Sandpiper at the dam Nigel, it's not the greatest hot spot for waders. Lovely to see the pictures, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks John, I couldn't resist getting a picture of the Collared Dove in the Cherry blossom, it didn't want to play ball though.
ReplyDeleteThe Sandpiper was a great surprise Jamie, thanks for your comments.
Nigel.