goosander

Image submitted to show the inside of the bill of these birds, can't see many fish escaping from this set of teeth.

She has her eye on something.

goosander in flight

Not friends.

This is for Ove. I think these may be the British cousins of your birds. ;) Light was really begininng to go when this was taken.

Another shot of the pair. Also saw a dipper but didnt get a decent shot.

On the first attempt, they flew away before I was close. For the second attempt, had to creep behind some trees to photograph them. The blurred edges are the twigs between which I had to focus. They both look like female to me.

Oh for some sunshine......

Thanks to BF Member Peterarras for correcting bird Id, he has proven I Am getting senile as my wife on many occassions reminds me ...er, I sort of forget that I guess, one thing I know, this bird was on the river and working his way to the bay... I think? Thanks again Peterarras for bringing...

River Etherow, Hadfield

I promised to Ken yesterday to post another pic of the goosander...

used my lunchbreak for a walk along the Rur and found this bird

Taken in bad light unfortunately. We've had bad light for most of the holiday, and now the ice has melted so I'm unlikely to get this close again.

Taken in bad light unfortunately.

Lakes are frozen so they have to stay in rivers and streams where the water is still flowing. Makes it easier to capture them. ;);