BIRDS ON A WIRE – A PAIR OF STONECHATS IN FEBRUARY SUN


MALE STONECHAT

FEMALE STONECHAT

THE STONECHAT PAIR

RED CRESTED POCHARDS, FERRUGINOUS & WHITE FACED WHISTLING DUCKS


THREE SPECIES OF REDDISH DUCK AT WWT BARNES

1. RED CRESTED POCHARDS 

2. FERRUGINOUS DUCKS 

3. WHITE FACED WHISTLING DUCKS 

THESE TWO WERE LITERALLY ‘NECKING’ FOR ABOUT A MINUTE…

TUFTED DUCKS, MARBLED TEAL & CAPE TEAL


DUCKS AT WWT BARNES FEB 2012

1. TUFTED DUCKS

FEMALE TUFTED DUCK – in many ways this one is my favourite photo of the day. None of these photos has been modified, so the water is just as it was

2. MARBLED TEAL

3. CAPE TEAL         

BITTERNS BOOM AT WWT BARNES


A BITTERN DEEP IN THE REEDS AT WWT BARNES (the first I have ever seen)

BIRDS – UNCOMMON OR GARDEN


WHITE STORKS – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

CRANE – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

BLACK-WINGED STILT & TWO PURPLE SANDPIPERS – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

WHIMBREL – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK

BLACK-NECKED SWAN, WWT BARNES

ROBIN, LONDON               

COOT CHICK – PENSTHORPE, NORFOLK