Wednesday 9 January 2013

Dip Dip Dip goes the Dipper

9 January 2013
And grip grip grip goes the Campey....... A quick whizz down to Thetford, just 30 minutes away to look for the Black-bellied Dipper that has been there for a good month. It wasn't seen yesterday so this was a bit of  a stab in the dark, though it's previous pattern had it disappearing every few days.

Arrived at Thetford in beautiful sunshine, and then walked to small river (Thet) bank where is was dank, cold and dark. However there was a small ball of brown and white bobbing away downstream and obscured by leaves. After about ten minutes it flew closer and despite being in really poor light managed some snaps. Mostly taken on 1000 ISO.

This is the north eastern European race...


 It looked incredibly bluey on the back in some lights.





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