Saturday, February 18, 2017

BIRD NEWS:293




The pheasant family were around for quite some time. My patience paid off, and within the 25-30 minutes I remained at the hide, the water rail made an appearance. This is the 3rd trip in a row I have been lucky enough to spot it.


The pheasants remained also, although when all 3 were there, one chased the water rail away a couple of times - it moved towards the water but then returned to view 3-4 times.


Munching away with the either juvenile or female pheasant, the water rails return appearance gave further chances of a good shot.

The moorhen and mallard stayed around also, and a female mallard joined her mate not long afterwards.



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