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Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) and Black Tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) spooked by a Sparrowhawk.
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) landing manoeuvres.
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Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Clearly shows the state of the bird's moult. Five old outer primaries. One missing or in pin and four new feathers at different stages.
Doesn't seem to have dropped any secondaries yet only the greater coverts.
Green Sandpiper (Trinag ochropus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Pied Wagtail - (Motacilla alba yarelli)
Titchwell
Not a swan but a rather beautiful young Avocet.
Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)
Wonderful wing contortions of the Juvenile Black headed Gull
Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Glorious wing markings of the Juvenile Med Gulls
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Ruff (Philomacus pugnax)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Leighton Moss - Lancashire
Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)
Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
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Hello World
Freshly hatched chicks. You can just see the fourth egg.
Quietly hatching as we watched
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Avocet Ballet
Taking stock
We''l take the high road, if you'll …………..
And by a beak and an arch.
Left over right
Push me - Pull you
Just tremendous - Avocet disputations.
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Little beauties
So delightful. But just look at those leg trunks.
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Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Play fighting godwits
Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa mimosa)
I want to grow up
Avocet ( Recurvirostra avocetta)
The Gadwall won this battle.
Greenshank, Knot, Little Ringed Plover, Superb Ruffled Ruff
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Shoveller (Anas clypeata)
Avocet settling down on her four eggs (Recurvirostra avosetta)
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A superb Male Reed Bunting in the elders. (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)
Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
A mixed flock of Bar Tailed Godwit, Black Tailed Godwit and Knot
Oystercatcher with an eye to the sky. (Haematopus ostralegus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
A Great White Egret being harried by the Avocets.
But the eyes have it.
Who'd be a frog.
Just couldn't get the whole Avocet in the frame.
Lost the feet.
That neck is just sooo long…. The birds just soooo thin…… The plumage is just soooo white……..
Great White Egret on take off. Stunning…… (Ardea alba)