17 Mar 2012 Houghton Green Flash
17th March 2012
Frequently the Black-necked Grebe that breed at Woolston Eyes spend some time at Houghton flash before moving on to Woolston Eyes so I just thought I'd have a look there just in case.
I wasn't the only one that turned up thinking there may be some there but no luck today.
However there were quite a few Great Crested Grebe, probably around ten, quite a few Wigeon (10+), Coot, four Oyster Catcher, many Mallard and quite a few Gulls.
Great Crested Grebe
Mallard
Oyster Catcher
The light wasn't brilliant and it rained at one stage but only for a few minutes.
I found interesting to watch the Great Crested Grebe dive for fish and then be dive bombed by the gulls in an attempt to get an easy meal!
Great Crested Grebe/Gull
Due to the poor light I had to use a fairly high ISO to get a reasonable shutter speed and I had to resort to using the teleconverter as most of the birds were a fair distance from the edge of the flash.
Great Crested Grebe
Even so I did manage to get a few reasonable shots.
Thanks for reading.
Andy
I wasn't the only one that turned up thinking there may be some there but no luck today.
However there were quite a few Great Crested Grebe, probably around ten, quite a few Wigeon (10+), Coot, four Oyster Catcher, many Mallard and quite a few Gulls.
Great Crested Grebe
Mallard
Oyster Catcher
The light wasn't brilliant and it rained at one stage but only for a few minutes.
I found interesting to watch the Great Crested Grebe dive for fish and then be dive bombed by the gulls in an attempt to get an easy meal!
Great Crested Grebe/Gull
Due to the poor light I had to use a fairly high ISO to get a reasonable shutter speed and I had to resort to using the teleconverter as most of the birds were a fair distance from the edge of the flash.
Great Crested Grebe
Even so I did manage to get a few reasonable shots.
Thanks for reading.
Andy