As planned, we were down at Ham Wall nice and early, a little too early in fact, as thick fog was hampering the search for the Pied-billed Grebe. Could have stayed in bed another half hour!
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| I imagine the crowd got a little bigger than this later on |
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| Not great viewing conditions |
Eventually, as the fog started to burn off a little, the bird swum out from the reeds right in front of the viewing platform. It looked great through the scope, a really smart bird, the first i've seen in summer plumage. The visibility was still too poor for photos though, but hopefully you can just about make out what it is.
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| Podilymbus in the mist |
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| 17th February EDIT: the much nicer weather today allowed better views, but it was still a little far for photies |
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| Male Marsh Harrier at Ham Wall from a couple days ago |
2 comments:
Glad to hear your back safe Joe, you're more than fit enough for the Fair Isle third; probably too fit!! if you are looking for bird work! Only joking, glad all went really well. all best wishes;
Pete Morgan.
Thanks Prof, good to hear from you. Hope all is well with you, maybe see you down at Portland this spring if I don't find myself working at the other end of the country!
all the best
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