20 December 2021 - Hollingworth Lake

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Treecreeper, Jay, Redwings, Goosander, Long-tailed Tits

Overcast again this morning, 4°C, calm, and pretty quiet.  A couple of Great Crested Grebes on the water but precious little else.  At the stream a small party of Long-tailed Tits were feeding in the bushes but the light was shocking, so no photos that worked out. In Pavilion Wood, a Treecreeper was moving between the bases of various trunks and a handful of Redwings fed amongst the fallen leaves.  As I reached the road, a Jay flew into a tree by the road and stayed for a minute or so, looking rather bedraggled.

The afternoon walk was slightly better, though still very overcast, and feeling colder in the breeze.  A pair of Goosander were just off the sunken path that runs along Lake Bank, and then nothing much else until I reached the hide, where a number of Long-tailed Tits were feeding on fat balls, giving ample opportunities for photos, albeit at high ISO.

Goosander, 1/500sec at F5.6, ISO 800, 198mm

Jay, 1/500sec at f5.6, ISO 1600, 220mm

Long-tailed Tit, 1/320sec at f5.6, ISO 6400, 220mm

Long-tailed Tit, 1/500sec at f5.6, ISO 3200, 220mm

Long-tailed Tit, 1/500sec at f5.6, ISO 1600, 200mm

Blue Tit, 1/250sec at f5.6, ISO 6400, 220mm