An interesting afternoon at Thornton, as soon as we arrived we heard there was a rare visitor that seemed to have settled at the waterside. A Night Heron, we don't get many of them in Britain, but this one was shy and I couldn't get a picture of him. I did manage to see him through a twitchers scope, but as they are active mostly at night I couldn't wonder that he wouldn't show himself.
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Back at the car park this Great Crested Grebe chick provided us with some entertainment.
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The mother seemed to want to cut the apron strings, but this young un was having none of it and the speed he could travel through the water was amazing.
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She would dive and come up great distances away, the chick would be searching all round for and screaming for her.
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When he spotted her he would swim at amazing speed, he looked like one of those bath time wind up toys as it sped through the water.
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When he found her, she would often dive again and he would be left looking around and screaming |
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Eventually he caught her and tried demanding food from her, despite being able to dive and feed himself.
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These birds turned up and the nearest to identifying them I can get is they might be Scaup, but they are a bit dark.
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| 1/1328 @ f5.6, iso 400, 400mm |
If you have any suggestions please put it in the comments.
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| 1/1328 @ f5.6, iso 400, 400mm |
All taken on
Canon EOS7d with EF 100 - 400mm L series Lens
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