Thread: Images from the estuary foreshore

Originally Posted by BillN

"alright"

I'll take that as passing muster

Originally Posted by BillN

but I'd have like to have seen a "bird or two"

The nearest I got to a bird that I could have photographed was a dead Black-headed Gull, and not even a ringed one. I have found a B-h Gull that had been ringed in Estonia in years gone by.

Barrie

I'm surprised the place wasn't thronged with Little Egrets.
They're everywhere else these days

winter plumage Black-headed Gull


breeding plumage Mallards

Frogmore Creek

Barrie

Originally Posted by pdh

I'm surprised the place wasn't thronged with Little Egrets.
They're everywhere else these days

Paul,

Plenty there, max counts well over 100, usually in August with first breeding recorded 2002 (I found the nest)

Barrie

I first saw LEs up similar creeks off the Helford, back in the early '90s. The guy who'd got me interested in birding was quite crushed by this, as he'd never seen one and they were a bit of a smart tick back then ...

Barrie

That's better - brings life to the place - BE Gulls are becoming one of my favourites, not like the nasty HG, BBG and LBBG
I'm not really a fan of mallards!!
Hoping to get out shooting more from now on now that I have got over a few "medical" problems
Not sure what is around and about but we are now getting a few frosty mornings so it's out with the sun flower seeds etc., quite a few Jays in the garden, early morning which is usual as they usually stick to the woods around us.

There are quite a few LE's out here, but at the Coast.

The Cattle Egrets usually appear in the field below our house in January ...... not surprisingly the field is home to quite a few cows and get very muddy

Thanks again the the bird images!!!

Here's my offering, (with a gull)

A cold November swim

The river estuary at East Tilsbury is quite industrial. It's a strangely bleak place with a certain beauty.


P1040586-Edit.jpg by nearlycossack, on Flickr

LX5 and SilverEfex

Love the Tilbury photo & the last one of the creek