Worlds End - Knot

I'd kept away from water and Whixall Moss for most of the Summer once the biting insects too hold but I was tempted by a  juvenile Knot found at World's End by Howard Prince during the afternoon! I got there early evening and it was still there, not as close as earlier but near enough for record shots!

I was greeted by a wing flap!

Then pretty relentless feeding and covering quite a large area...

 

It was hard to judge distance but anywhere between 60-100 metres..

The one and only brief moment at it's nearest and fairly open water!

My fifth in Shropshire and ten years since my last encounter with one. They ain't easy birds!