Looks like evening is a good time to visit Marshside. The hides were closed, thus less people disturbing the birds and the main road wasnt too busy either. Also the setting sun made good light for digiscoping...
look at this little baby....blue legs and a slightly upturned beak...very cute but what is it????
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Ah yes! an Avocet
All the birds were closer to the hide area than my last visit and most had young too, but not this Lapwing.
I set up my scope to try and get a close-up of this swallow that had nested in the hides eaves...
...then this common whitethroat stopped for a song in the same line-of-fire. My digiscoping technique is usually to slow for warblers. I got good views of a Linnet flock, but they were too flitty to get a photo.
There were a pair of ruddy ducks with their shiny blue bills.....
...and a pair of nesting shelducks within range too.
We tried nearby Downholland moss for Barn owl this evening but nothing except a couple of Red legged partridge , at long range, feeding with the stock doves.
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