Canal Scrape

I had a couple of hours on canal scrape over the weekend.
Nothing unusual but there were some nice photo opportunities.
The swallows feeding their young were particularly photogenic as was the flyby little egret.
Also there was a fairly showy sedge warbler, a few reed warblers and an elusive water rail.

Seaside Special

Had a cracking morning at the seaside today. Again no rarities but the display from the puffins was awesome-twice I had to duck out the way as they flew straight towards me.
I have also posted some shots of gannets and fulmars from a previous trip.

Tophill Low

With things going quiet just lately my thoughts turned to sites in the region that hold their own spaecialities.
Just lately the kingfishers have been back at Tophill, so there I went.
Quite a strong wind had loads of swifts feeding along the edge of D res along with a few little gulls.
The hide was empty when I got there and it took about 2 hours for the kingfisher to show, but I was kept entertained by numerous reed warblers, a juvenile heron and a family of little grebes.
The kingfisher stayed for around 10 minutes giving some fantastic views.