Red Breast Portraits

The Robin is recovering his fine plumage now after a Summer of breeding.

 

Lodmoor Reserve - More to See Now

There is more activity now at Lodmoor Reserve Weymouth.

Well over a thousand Golden Plover are now in residence.

Common Snipe are now acting less secretive.

Little Egret appear not to care about being really close to humans. 

As with previous years, the pair of Stonechat are present along the thick bush and reeds on the Southern side of the Reserve adjacent to the shoreline.

Golden Plover

Female Stonechat

Male Stonechat

Teal Duck (Male)

Little Egret

Canada Geese

Common Snipe

Armistice Day

 

Remembrance Sunday

A Golden Return

At last the Golden Plover has returned to local areas for the Winter.

A couple of weeks ago there were about 20 at Lodmoor Reserve, now I lost count of how many there are. I don't often count birds anyway.

In order to get these images I was using a a 600mm equivalent lens with a 2 X converter. 

The main flock was still at some distance, hence the poor quality of the images.

Breeding in the Northern uplands the Golden Plover sensibly overwinters mostly in Southern England.