curlew – Nannie RaRa

Near to me is an estuary and we get many migrant and native waders and other water birds. I’ve taken a few short videos recently.

First up is an oystercatcher walking along the edge of the river looking for food.

Next is a curlew, it wasn’t far from the oystercatcher and again was looking for food.

There are a flock of brent geese that have been around all winter, roosting overnight in the field behind me before travelling down to the water for the day. These few were swimming on the water.

This is one of the egrets that live at the estuary. It had chased off another egret, then stood around before taking flight.

Today the weather was perfect: sunny, no wind and warm. Snowdrops, crocuses and the first daffodils are out. I went for a walk to the riverbank and saw several birds that appeared to be posing specially for a photo.

These first birds were in the trees and bushes.

two collared doves in tree — Collared doves

Then at the waterside were curlews, gulls, turnstones and other water birds. The water itself was like a mill pond, so still with brilliant reflections.