Tuesday 1 December 2009
So I started off in the garden on a fine morning, once the mist had cleared. It turned into a beautiful day sunny and with little wind. This
Blue Tit was also enjoying the change from horrible weather. The usual suspects were about and some migrant
Redwings and
Fieldfares, but nothing much else so I decided to venture further afield
Looking up in the trees and no thrushes close enough to be photographed, but a couple of
Black headed Gulls took my fancy, one an adult in winter plumage and the other a first winter bird (right). Then to my left a small brown job turned out to be a wintering
Chiffchaff, too quick for me and it disappeared as fast as it appeared. A bit more creeping around to a small lake with some duck on it... so fired off a shot at this fellow...
a fine male
Pochard with almost blinding sunlight glistening off it's back. I should have stopped down a couple of points really, to bring out the full colour. Scanning round and the usual small lake things about, more gulls, three
Teal, stacks of
Mallard and then........ some movement in the reeds and slowly, ever so slowly, drifting out, a brown blob
which manifest itself as a
Little Grebe ! admittedly in rather scruffy winter type plumage but unexpected, and, on such a lovely day it's reflection was almost as clear as the bird itself Double click on the image ) . A good day curtailed early by cloud coming in and the wind getting up, and then a bit of drizzle and then...back to wet and windy.
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