28 July 2022 - Hollingworth Lake

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Little Egret, Dunlin

Arrived at the hide this morning to find a Little Egret on the island just to the right.  As soon as I sat down though, it flew out onto the exposed mud quite some distance away. I managed some somewhat blurred flight shots as it flew past, but these needed a bit of work to be worth publishing.  Soon after, while scanning the Lapwings out on the mud I found a Dunlin, the first of the year.  It was rather distant and the light was poor, so the photo isn't anything more than a record shot. 

I carried on and reached the cafe and noticed a Little Egret on the bank at the end of the straight wall, feeding in the shallows.  Presumably it was the same one, but it's possible there could have been two.  I managed to get there and take a few shots before it was flushed by a dog, when it appeared to fly back round towards the reserve.

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

Dunlin record shot, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 640

Little Egret-, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 400 (view full size image)

Little Egret Mute Swan (view full size image)