We drove to a different part of Herdsman Lake and this was the view we had.
Lots of Pacific Black Ducks flocking there. I don't think I'd seen so many together before that.
The reed bed in the background is actually a rather large island in the middle of the lake.
This is a a small part of a little flock of Cockatiels that came in to the dam.
I've extracted a section that shows various flight poses etc. There's a male at the back, the one with a white head.
It looks like I've used Photoshop and 'cloned' these geese, but this is exactly how they were!
Taken on a bright sunny day in Aintree with the sun right overhead - it's a weird effect.
I have more photos of this event - there were hundreds - and they made SUCH a racket, but it was a wonderful...
Location: Sewree Creek, Mumbai. Shot against glaring sunlight and from a considerable distance. Hence, quality of photo not so good. Uploading this to illustrate the point I made earlier about thousands of flamingos flocking to feed, nest and breed at the mud flats here. This is just one shot of...
This flock of coots (fulica atra) is searching for open water on the frozen surface of the lake. Once all the water is freezing, they will head south in search of warmer climate.
Blackwit just about to land at the chosen point, on the River Stour on Saturday a local RSPB counter told me that the flock size was @1450 birds so just a few to photograph (@150 Knots as well)
Such a nice sight today to see a large number of Godwits back and in summer colours, around 250 on the Stour at Mistley and numbers rising each day, if you want a place to see these birds extremely close, this is the spot
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