Stithians today

The Kingfisher put in a good show at Stithians southern cut-off today but at around 150 metres to the trees that it fishes from is a big ask for any camera and telephoto lens especially in the prevailing low light levels but we watched it fish several times so I had a go at putting a water exit  sequence montage together, No fish caught here but it is always good to see the Kingfisher in action

Snipe are one of natures masters of disguise and without a telephoto lens and a fair bit of Photoshop control you would not know that these lovely birds were in residence.

The Lapwing were the star performers today coming closer to the hide than I have seen them before,  It is perhaps a shame that we had no sunshine to bring out their iridescent wing colours but there was plenty of movement and reflections .

A distant shot {200 to 300m}  of a male Manderin duck that seemed to have paled up with a male Mallard was my parting shot of the day, It will probably prove worthy of a bit more attention when and if it comes closer to the hide