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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barred Wobbler" data-source="post: 1283605" data-attributes="member: 69394">I've just got back from my very own fall.Went back to Newbiggin to see if I could get some shots of the Red-breasted Flycatcher, but it was a no-show. From there across the moor to Newbiggin Golf course. The dotterels still there, putting on a great show.Then across to the gorse bushes, several redstarts and a wryneck that was too flighty to photograph.Lunch called and on the way back to the car there was another wryneck sitting proud on top of a bramble bush. The range was a little more than I'd have liked so I got a bit closer, moving into the edge of the flooded area against the fence.Then came the "fall". I went a little too far, got the water over the top of my welly and in trying to regain my balance stumbled forwards. My companions were highly sympathetic to my predicament and bravely tried not to laugh too much.Fingers crossed for my FZ50, my Samsung pocket camera and my phone which are currently drying out.:C<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />It could have been worse - at least the water wasn't cold. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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