14 May 2023 - Hollingworth Lake

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Whinchat, Whitethroats, Sedge Warbler, Sparrowhawk, Common Sandpiper

Another pleasant sunny day today, but not too much to see around the Lake itself apart from a Sparrowhawk overhead and a Common Sandpiper.  At Shaw Moss however, there were two Whitethroats flitting between the brambles, and highlight of the day, a female Whinchat out on the distant posts beyond the pools.  It was a difficult one to photograph, always really distant and the heat haze was rather a problem, but a nice bird nonetheless.

Rather more obliging was a Dunnock which sat up nicely in the sunlight, showing what an underrated bird they are.  A few Orange-tips were also around here, nectaring on the Cuckoo-flower. 

Whinchat, 1/2500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 800

Dunnock, 1/2000 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 800 (view full size image)

Orange-tip, 1/2500 sec, f/16.0, 500 mm, ISO 3200 (view full size image)