This flashback #Onthisday in 2013 was an incredible session featuring White-fronted Goose, Green-winged Teal and Redshank all in the snow!
Quite a session at Polemere today, it's rare for me to stay more than 20 mins and I ended up there for five hours! It will probably take 5 days to go through all the images and I'm up to me eyes with talks and other things but keep looking back.... there are plenty more images to come!
The skulking Green-winged |Teal decided to skulk no more - maybe due to the fox having a nap near it's usual haunt :-)
Now that's what I call not skulking !
A Redshank was showing particularly well too (when it wasn't hidden by the hedge!)
Underlit quite nicely from the snow.
Not an everyday sight!
Again, there's more.... these conditions don't occur very often but are worth every minute spent out in them!
Saving the best until last. I couldn't have dreamt that the Teal would be upstaged but unbelievably... it was!! My serious 'Shropshire' bogey goose was about to get cooked - not just by one but two little stunners :-)
Yes, County tick and Tunnock's teacake down the hatch after I'd decided to scan the Geese in the field adjacent to the horse paddock. First one.... then another, smaller Grey Goose with distinctive barring on the belly, eventually heads popping up and yesssss - White fronts!
Many more to sort but here's a couple to be going on with.....
Eventually they flew the short distance down to the water....
Plus a bit of foraging in the snow....
What a seriously good day!!
Yes, County tick and Tunnock's teacake down the hatch after I'd decided to scan the Geese in the field adjacent to the horse paddock. First one.... then another, smaller Grey Goose with distinctive barring on the belly, eventually heads popping up and yesssss - White fronts!
Many more to sort but here's a couple to be going on with.....
Eventually they flew the short distance down to the water....
Plus a bit of foraging in the snow....
What a seriously good day!!
