While sitting in my usual #heron spot I noticed something in the corner of my eye….this #CommonSandpiper.
Moments later I was spooked my a fieldmouse which came out of nowhere and I’m 80% sure jumped at me! I ended up stepping into the #River which scared of the Sandpiper but luckily I had captured this first.
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It's been a while since I've seen a Slavonian Grebe in summer plumage and I don't think I've ever seen one so close. Just look at that red eye!! Also on Cheddar Reservoir #Somerset was this male Red-crested Pochard which is keeping a female Mallard company.
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📷 Slavonian Grebe
📷 Red-crested Pochard
📷 Red-crested Pochard and female Mallard
📷 Common Sandpiper
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Another couple of shots from earlier this year.
A very confused Long Tailed Tit, defending its territory from its own reflection on the Sam Thompson Bridge in Victoria Park and a rare close encounter with a Common Sandpiper at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre.
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Common sandpipers can be quite flighty, zipping away at the slightest noise or movement, but this little beauty was too busy searching for (and finding) tiny crustaceans to munch on.
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