dotterel

Flying shot of thie wee bird

These beautiful little birds are common visitors to our lake as it dries in the summer. They need the soft mud to feed.

Wandering the coast, in search of adventure

Fantastic numbers of uncommon birds and rarerities in Pego Marshes, Spain.

After seeing these as a speck through a scope last year, it was nice to have them at 25 yards on Sunday

This photo was taken back in September, it just stood still and looked at me. The only time it moved was to catch a Crane Fly (Daddy long Legs). Shame I couldn't bring it home so it could eat its heart out on all the Crane Flies in my garden.

Amazing camouflage of Dotterel chick. It almost looks transparent

Nice bright female.

This female Dotterel was one of three near summit of Pendle Hill

This male Dotterel was one of three near summit of Pendle Hill

Third Dotterel of three near summit of Pendle Hill

this black fronted dotterel that seemed to be posing for me was a first for me and I was so determined to get him that I was almost waist deep in water the other side of the river.

female http://www.alifeattheshoreline.com/2013/06/the-making-of-dotterel-portrait.html

This picture was taken at Pendle Hill, Lancashire. http://www.waderquest.org/2013/05/dotterels-at-last.html

A Red-kneed Dotterel searching for food in shallow tidal estuary mud.

I tried several times to see this iconic bird, finally I found it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. The Italian name sounds more or less the plover which looks like a dove, that seems reasonably true especially for birds in their post-breeding, delicate plumage.

From earlier this year...happy times on Brown wardle hill....that is when I got my breath back climbing up the hill!

A shame I couldnt get them both out in the open but I do like this.

Another from my brief encounter with a pair of these a while back.

Another from my Dash into the hills to see a pair of Dotterel on passage to Scotland a week or so ago.