black-tailed godwit

Three Black-tailed Godwits take off as soon as they hear the shutter click.

A Black-tailed Godwit in the scrape at Minsmere earlier this year. Ron

A Black-tailed Godwit in all its finery, quietly feeding on the scrape at Minsmere a couple of months ago. Ron

Black-tailed Godwit at Cley Marshes, Norfolk.

This bird teased me for a week before I got close enough for a shot, but yesterday he dropped his gaurd, I think he just felt sorry for me.

An old one.

A feeding Black-tailed Godwit photographed through the reeds at Minsmere. Ron

Two Black-tailed Godwits in their finest plumage feeding on the scrape at Minsmere. Ron

These guys have been around my patch for over 3 weeks now - I still cannot resist taking another pop at them.

Messed up the processing a little on this one, but it still looks okay.

A Black-tailed Godwit taken at Titchwell on saturday.

Another shot from today, this bird was not as deeply coloured as the first one I posted today. Heavily cropped as I was a fair way from the bird.

I like the way this one has is feathers ruffled. This is a fairly heavy crop.

Managed to snatch a couple of shots of these this morning before they were off and away.

Having parked the car on a causeway over the River Ilen near to Baltimore I scanned the mudflats. I realised that the rapidly rising tide was covering the mudflats and that the waders were starting to leave. Fortunately they were flying downstream towards the open sea and were passing directly...

Another Godwit, this time showing the different plumage.

Another shot of the Black-tailed Godwits at Minsmere.

Well folks, home again after our latest little venture. We had a great time, and it gave Hazel a chance to catch up with a lot of her relations that she doesn't get to see very often. Not much birding, but did manage an afternoon at Minsmere on monday. The weather was hit and miss, but it was...

A passage bird of the islandica race not yet in full breeding plumage (possibly 2nd CY bird).

Present only in a few fields in the old polder, but fortunately in rising numbers, ever since these fields receive special treatment from farmers.