This looked like a good start to the day. Two drake Smew, five redheads, and a Bittern sitting in the reeds behind them.
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| Taken from the ARC hide Dungeness |
It being a crisp, bright, and sunlit winters day we had driven down to Dungeness in the hope of just such pictures. If only I could have gotten a bit closer, but there was a lot of water between them and me and they had no intention of coming over to give me better views.
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| Drake Smew - a long way off |
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| Showing off to the ladies |
And "too distant for a good picture" turned out to be the theme for the day.
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| Bittern flying - too distant |
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| Marsh Harrier flying - too distant |
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| Another Marsh Harrier - too distant |
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| Avocet - too distant (at Rye Harbour) |
We had a good day and saw a lot of birds including the scarce Smew. In fact this was my first sight of a Drake Smew in the wild. Overall though, it was disappointing to have returned home without a couple of really good pictures. Sometimes it just doesn't happen for you.
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