Local and worldwide wildlife adventures. Drone cameraman to TV's Nigel Marven. Dedicated Nikon user. Follow me on Twitter @chardbirder and Instagram: www.instagram.com/chardherper/. All images on this Blog are copyright of the Owner/contributors and cannot be used without written permission. All views expressed are my own. Translation to other languages available at the end of the page.
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Grey Phalarope
For the last few days there's been a very confiding 1st winter Grey Phalarope present on the Otter estuary in Devon. With reports of it getting 'too close to focus on' I decided to take a look for myself yesterday as I was working just a few miles up the road. When I arrived there was nobody there except a single woman out toward the estuary mouth. I figured she must be watching it and set off along the footpath behind the shingle ridge. I hadn't gone more than 20 metres when I just happen to glance to my left and there it was, about 10 ft away quite happily feeding and ignoring all passers by. I nearly walked right past it! What a stunning little bird though. I spent nearly three hours watching as people came and went and it didn't care in the slightest. The light was poor but I got a few shots of it. Dave Helliar got much better photos from the day before:
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