Sorry for not posting this sooner, but I am now back down south *sigh*, but what a great week it has been.
On day 5 we decided to go and photograph some
Bearded Reedlings at a private location. We were fortunate enough to see (and photograph) a number of birds and some allowed a reasonably close approach. On the way to to the site we stopped to admire a large flock of geese in a field, which to my delight contained 2-3
Bean Geese (of which sub-species I have no idea). In the same day we were also lucky enough to see an over wintering
Turtle Dove but more exciting perhaps was an adult
Common Crane which showed very well considering the shy nature of the species. I also managed to photograph an extremely tame
Curlew, allowing me to get my best shots of this species yet.
On day 6 I went back to the
Bearded Reedlings and the
Turtle Dove, before moving on to Sculthorpe Moor. By the time we arrived at Sculthorpe the light was already going but on arrival we had very poor views of a
Golden Pheasant (we could only see small patches of gold in the thickets). We moved onto the hide where we saw a number of
Marsh/Willow Tit candidates. I managed to photograph a number of these birds which are currently being identified by an expert, so I should know which of the two species they are soon :) From the furthest hide, we had fantastic views of a
Water Rail that showed extremely well in the fast fading light. Unfortunately, no sign of any owls :( Back near the visitor centre, we decided to have a quick look at where we had previously seen the
Golden Pheasant, and to our amazement the male was sat right in the open just a few feet from the boardwalk. We carefully approached the bird although he clearly was not alarmed at our presence and we were able to get with 5 foot of the bird. I managed to get a few shots despite the fact that by now it was nearly dark.
A great end to a fantastic trip :-)
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| Golden Pheasant |
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| Golden Pheasant |
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| Wild Crane |
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| Turtle Dove |
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| Turtle Dove |
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| Water Rail |
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| Curlew |
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| Male Bearded Reedling |
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| Male Bearded Reedling |
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