2 June 2023 - Hollingworth Lake

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Greenshank, Buzzard

Again the Greenshank was present on the reserve, but as usual, too distant to get anything decent.  It was a nice sunny day with blue skies, and as I reached the dam wall overlooking Bib Knowl, I heard a commotion above and noticed a Buzzard soaring, and being harassed by a combination of gulls and Carrion Crows.  It circled above for a couple of minutes, nicely showing the underwings in the sunlight, but eventually drifted off, with crows in pursuit.

Buzzard, 1/2500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1600 (view full size image)

Buzzard And Carrion Crow, 1/2500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 640 (view full size image)

Buzzard And Friends, 1/2500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 640 (view full size image)