7 March 2023 - Hollingworth Lake

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Little Egret, Song Thrush, Goosanders

The sun was shining this morning, in calm conditions, and despite being quite cold (c. 2°C) it felt a lot warmer.

Bird of the day was a splendid Little Egret that was perched in full view of the road on the nature reserve, a few feet up in a tree.  It stayed put while I rattled off a number of almost identical photos, but eventually I had to move on.

A pair of Teal fed in the small stream close to the second bridge, and when I reached Pavilion Wood, a Song Thrush flew up and landed reasonably close in a tree.

Apart from that it was fairly quiet, but on the far side, a pair of Goosander swam past in the sunshine, offering some reasonable, if slightly distant views.

Little Egret, 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 320 (view full size image)

Male Goosander, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 250 (view full size image)

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