Just a very quick post tonight featuring some of the waders seen down by the sea shore.
The first is from yesterday and is an actual 'first' for me…. a turnstone, seen along the coast at Bexhill-on-Sea.
Today produced another first, a ringed plover (at least I think I've got my identification correct). This time, at Rottingdean Beach.
The highlight today though were the oystercatchers. I've managed a few snatched photos of them zipping along the shoreline, but today I stumbled upon a quiet part of the beach where half a dozen were paddling in the surf.
Their behaviour seemed to follow a pattern. Whenever the ubiquitous gulls started to gather they would take to the wing and descend further along the beach, repeating this each time the gulls encroached their space.
I've put some more shots of the oystercatchers in an album.
Still no sign of the old dog fox or the bold vixen, but the nicked-ear vixen was back tonight, calmer as reflected by the much improved weather (no winds). Here she is at the rear of the garden.
Camera note: the oystercatchers and the plover were photographed with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The turnstone and the vixen were caught with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS.
CedarFox
8 Sep 2008Nice :up:
gdare
8 Sep 2008Oystercatchers looked like they were walking on the snow 🙂
Mickeyjoe-Irl
8 Sep 2008That photo of the spat is a great action shot. :up:
zetorres
8 Sep 2008Fantastic serie of photos, Words! :up:
Words
8 Sep 2008Thanks Ze!
Words
8 Sep 2008Darko, I had the same thought but even our summers can't manage snow (yet!).
Words
8 Sep 2008Thanks Eric!
Words
8 Sep 2008Thanks Mickeyjoe!
zetorres
8 Sep 2008:cheers: 🙂
SittingFox
9 Sep 2008Congrats on adding yet more birds to your life list! :yes:
Words
9 Sep 2008Adele, many more to go though, just in the local area. Would love to see a treecreeper!
cakkleberrylane
10 Sep 2008Wonderful series of shots!
Words
10 Sep 2008Thanks Lois!
Ukwildlife
12 Sep 2008more great photos 🙂
Words
12 Sep 2008Cheers!
Cynthia23
12 Sep 2008Ah, what a lovely picture of the nicked-ear vixen. :up:
Vulpes vulpes
28 Sep 2008Nicked-ear vixen looks even prettier with flowers! Nice bird shots too.
Words
28 Sep 2008Thanks Cynthia… I missed your comment somehow!
Words
28 Sep 2008Vulpes, thanks. I love the chance to photgraph the foxes with that spalsh of colour but they don't always cooperate. Mind you, this summer the flowers were none too helpful either for much of the time.
Cynthia23
29 Sep 2008You're welcome. No problem. Hahahahaa … it happens. 🙂