One more shot of the mute swan duo, before continuing our trip around WWT Arundel.
The Bewick duo had visitors in their enclosure – canada geese.
Here we have Mr Silvertag Bewick nibbling grass.
Whilst Mrs Silvertag and a canada goose are more interested in the water.
You might just spot one of the snipe in this picture.
Then, 2 egrets appeared – one flying in beyond the other that landed.
The snipe popped back into view after the egrets departed.
There were a few swans gliding along the brooks at the reserve, but most o the birds were too far away to capture on camera, only with bins or scope were they clear.
The above picture shows the view without camera zoom, bins or scope. Its nice, but you cant see anything – like the teal, wigeon, shoveller, pintail....
I have circled the long-tailed tit as its very difficult to view without noccies.
Likewise, its highly unlikely you can spot the snipe in this picture without noccies.
That I the closest I can get with camera including full zoom.
Our next trip was to WWT Arundel – just a quick trot round. Here are the dalmation pelicans – ladies resting and gents swimming.
I found some mute swans – and a ducks bum.
It was good to see the heron so close and clearly, so I took several pictures of it.
It was very peaceful and relaxed - just sitting there preening, watching....
But of course, eventually we left the heron to itself and wandered on to see other areas of the reserve.
We moved along to the next hide.
There were ducks, long-tail tits, and an egret- which promptly walked out of camera shot just as I got the camera out...
We then return to a view taken from my front door of the pigeons across the street.
When we took our next excursion to RSPB Pulborough Brooks, there were far more pigeons to see on their roof.
I think the Bewick duo are still my favorite birds at the WWT.
That brings us to the end of that excursion.
Next up, we went to Warnham Nature reserve. Here we see the entry lake with an array of waterfowl.
At the first hide we spotted bullfinch.
There were many pictures taken and I am sharing the better 2.
At the main hide, there were the predictable bluetit and great tit sightings.
At some point they were joined by greenfinch, a greater spotted woodpecker, robin,...
...chaffinch, goldfinch....
We then moved to the heron hide, and saw.....a heron.
Finally HERE is a link to a recent WWT article.
