Garth Peacock
Abberton Reservoir - again

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Friday 4th October - North Norfolk

Monday 7th October 2024

Tanzania Day 8 - The Serengeti

Saturday 5th October 2024

Two trips out with little to show.

Wednesday 25th September 2024

Tanzania Day 7 - The Serengeti

Monday 23rd September 2024

Abberton Reservoir - again

Thursday 19th September 2024

Abberton Essex

Wednesday 11th September 2024

A morning at Grafham Water

Thursday 29th August 2024

After holiday blues

Thursday 22nd August 2024

Trying out a new lens

Monday 5th August 2024

Tanzania Day 5 - Ngorogoro Crater

Saturday 27th July 2024

Kevin Robson's Tawny Owl hide

Thursday 25th July 2024

Local stuff

Saturday 20th July 2024

More local stuff

Saturday 29th June 2024

Catching up with a local rarity

Friday 14th June 2024

Tanzania - Day 1 - Arusha

Monday 13th May 2024

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Thursday 19th September 2024

Friday 13th September - unlucky for some - and so it proved to be as a friend and I went to get better images of the Canvasback at Abberton Reservoir but did not see it. Still there were other fish to fry, so to speak.

First was a resting Common Tern, busily preening in the early morning sun.

There were quite few Canada Geese and the odd one decided to give a flypast.

I was surprised at the number of Egyptian Geese, once considered to be an exotic species but surely not now with the numbers here.

In the far corner, a Grey Heron was fishing, taking no notice of me what-so-ever, allowing a really close approach.

Into the afternoon and the sun was  making life much easier, highlighting the dark background to show of the Great White Egrets

and also allowing fast shutter speeds to capture birds in flight.

so while the Canvasback was a disappointment, I managed to get  photos that I was happy with.