25 March 2023 - Hollingworth Lake

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Common Scoter, Song Thrush, Reed Bunting

I was late getting to the Lake this morning, and Simon had already reported that a Common Scoter and 4 Wigeon were present.  When I arrived, at first it seemed that all birds had gone, but I eventually located the Common Scoter fairly close to the Nature Reserve.  It was a drake, as was the one a few days ago, and also behaved in a similar manner, staying as far from the shore as it's possible to be!   I spent some time trying to get photos, but only managed distant record shots, rather like the previous occurrence.  It did fly around at one point but I didn't have the camera set up for flight shots, so managed a couple of average photos.

Elsewhere, a nice Song Thrush perched in a bush by the path, but was partially obscured.  I managed to get some reasonable shots through a gap in the foliage.  A male Reed Bunting landed in a tree on the other side of the path but was rather elusive and didn't give itself up for photos.

Common Scoter, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 320 (view full size image)

Common Scoter , 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 250 (view full size image)

Song Thrush, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 2000 (view full size image)