The last bird-watching trip of 2022. A walk around Titchfield Haven in the wind and rain on a really dull morning. Not good for taking photographs with slow shutter speeds and poor colours due to the conditions. Although a nice walk around with few other people venturing out.
A Marsh Harrier hunting the small waders.
The Mash Harrier has a wingspan of about 4 feet. There are only about 600 pairs in the UK. This bird is a male. (the female has a creamy head).
High numbers of Common Snipe were on the ponds today. In the UK some 66,500 pairs are present in the breading season however these numbers increase to 1.1 million birds during our winter months.
As well as the Snipe Lapwing numbers also increase during the Winter to some 635,000 birds.
See you next year.
Continued Reflections from my World. 
Beauty shot of that Harrier Andy! I know what you mean about light. Personally If it ain”t there…neither am I
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problem here is I would have to stay in for too long!
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I checked the number of sunshine hours you get per year and it looks like you do get fewer hours then we do.
https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/United-Kingdom/annual-sunshine.php#:~:text=The%20UK%20as%20a%20whole%20averages%201403%20hours%20of%20sun%20a%20year.
https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Canada/British-Columbia/sunshine-annual-average.php
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although in daylight hour the last few weeks have been so overcast the light has be reducing from around 14.00he roll on spring,
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Beautiful pictures! Happy new year. 🙂
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Happy New Year
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Thank you!
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Healthy, happy New Year Andy.
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Thank you David same to you.
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