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  • Photo: A dancing Grey Heron

    25 July 2012: One of two Grey Herons hanging around Xerox lagoon.
    on26 Jul 2012

  • Photo: A Free Lunch! Tree Sparrows on Blacktoft's feeders

    14 April 2010. From the path from the car park to Reception Hide.
    on14 Apr 2010

  • Photo: Avocet

    Avocet
    on9 Jun 2012

  • Photo: Avocet

    Avocet
    on9 Jun 2012

  • Photo: Avocet - walking on water?

    This bird was one of the 103 that I counted at Marshlands lagoon on 29 April 2011 As Pat Crofton's shot shows (see gallery) our Avocets provide excellent photo opportunities.
    on2 May 2011

  • Photo: Avocet Agression

    During our visit to Blacktoft on 19th May, we observed this unusual behaviour by two avocets on Marshland.
    on20 May 2011

  • Photo: Avocets mating

    on23 Apr 2011

  • Photo: Avocets, Black-headed Gulls and a Shelduck - study in black & white

    .. and a bit of brown and red! 14 April 2010. From Marshlands Hide.
    on14 Apr 2010

  • Photo: Bitten

    Blacktoft Sands 11th May 2013 Flying from the reeds in front of the Xerox Hide Four times in an hour - great treat and my first of the year
    on19 May 2013

  • Photo: Bitten

    Blacktoft Sands 11th May 2013 Flying from the reeds in front of the Xerox Hide Four times in an hour - great treat and my first of the year
    on19 May 2013

  • Photo: Bittern in flight

    15 May 2011, Townend Hide, Blacktoft Sands You don't get too long to capture these birds! Maybe 5 or 10 seconds? Well, that's my excuse for a hastily grabbed shot :-) This bird dropped down close to where I believe there was a Marsh Harrier nest, and there was shortly some agitated harrier...
    on19 May 2011

  • Photo: Blackheaded Gull

    Blackheaded Gull
    on9 Jun 2012

  • Photo: Black-headed Gull colony - with Oystercatchers

    14 April 2010 - from Xerox Hide. This noisy gull colony seemed to tolerate the pair of Oystercatchers, who didn't seem at all perturbed!
    on14 Apr 2010

  • Photo: Black-headed Gull vs. Marsh Harrier!

    Whenever Marsh Harriers approached either Avocet of Black-headed Gull colonies, there was always an attack launched on the harrier by one or more gulls or Avocets. This single Black-headed Gull reckoned he was hard enough to do it on his own!
    on18 Jun 2011

  • Photo: Black-headed Gulls - adult beats juvenile!

    17 June 2011: Marshlands Hide The adult finally got tired of the juvenile begging from it. I don't know whether the adult wasn't its parent - or if the parent reckoned that the young bird was old enough to look after itself. Anyway, the adult bird had had enough and drove the youngster...
    on18 Jun 2011

  • Photo: Black-tailed Godwit

    Blacktoft Sands 11th May 2013 48 Sleeping and feeding in front of the Xerox Hide
    on19 May 2013

  • Photo: Black-Tailed Godwit

    Blacktoft Sands 11th May 2013 48 Sleeping and feeding in front of the Xerox Hide
    on19 May 2013

  • Photo: Black-tailed Godwit bathing

    This is one of the 100+ godwits on Blacktoft lagoons on 11th August 2010. Many of them, such as this individual, on Singleton lagoon, were still in their fine breeding plumage.
    on12 Aug 2010

  • Photo: Black-tailed Godwits disputing a patch of mud!

    25 August 2010: on Townend lagoon. With all the mud available, these Godwits chose to dispute a few square feet of it!
    on15 Sep 2010

  • Photo: Blacktoft Sedge Warbler

    Another view of the obliging sedge warbler holding the damselfly in its bill.
    on18 Jun 2012

  • Photo: Common Redshank and Common Snipe feeding

    Early afternoon on the Singleton lagoon on 11th August 2010: most of the many waders appeared to be roosting. Then, suddenly, as if someone gave a signal, they nearly all woke up and started feeding. Here are two each of the many Snipe and Redshank enjoying the food-rich mud!
    on12 Aug 2010

  • Photo: Common Snipe

    17 June 2011: Blacktoft Sands, Marshlands Lagoon This single Snipe at Marshlands made a brief appearance before disappearing from view.
    on19 Jun 2011

  • Photo: Curlew Sandpiper

    They were late coming - but they finally arrived on 4th September. This rather heavily cropped image was taken from Singleton Hide on 8th Sep 2010
    on8 Sep 2010

  • Photo: Foraging Wren

    25 June 2011: Blacktoft Sands, Townend Hide This little bird gave brief, but excellent views as it foraged in front of the hide. The two Spoonbills were not so obliging, one of whom was invisible whilst I was there, and the other skulked behind reeds towards the back of the lagoon.
    on25 Jun 2011

  • Photo: Grasshopper Warbler

    6 May 2011. This normally skulking reed bed bird attracted hundreds of visitors -and quite a few photographers! It had been putting on its "show" for more than a week before I had the chance to grab this shot. It was normally between First and Townend hides, no more than 5 yards away from...
    on7 May 2011
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