Spring is in the air.
The mating game.
#Tichfield Haven Nature Reserve
Snipe.
The snipe is a medium-sized wader, they are found in marshes, wet grassland and on moorlands, they use their long, probing bill to find insects, earthworms and crustaceans in the mud. There were a good number of Snipe at Titchfield Haven this morning.
The Snipe is another bird that is so camouflaged that it blends very well into its habitat. They are often invisible until they move. There are 3 birds in the picture below I only saw 1 when I took the picture.
Rain!
#Wordless Wednesday
Spoonbill.
Nice to see a Spoonbill at Titchfield Haven this morning perhaps one from the group of 12 I saw at Pennington Marshes a few weeks ago blown of course in last night’s storm.
Take Off!
A group of Gadwall take off.
fishing post.
The King of the fishermen? I spent a few hours this morning watching this female Kingfisher. The female bird is identified by her orange lower mandible. She was feeding on many small Sticklebacks.
Winter Stonechats.
Stonechats at Titchfield Haven this morning the colours are now muted as winter is here.
Waiting for low tide.
#Wordless Wednesday
At last!
All year I have seen distant glimpses of blue or orange of a Kingfisher flyby on my many walks with the odd picture. However, today, this bird did us proud and perched to fish near where I could watch her fairly closely.
Mr &Mrs Shoveler.
The northern shoveler, known simply in the UK as the shoveler, they are a common and widespread duck. A male and female duck wet morning at Tichfield Haven yesterday.
Continued Reflections from my World. 