Excellent day at WWT London Wetland Centre yesterday. Local moaned there “wasn’t much about” while I was thrilled by the variety showing well. So what if peewits were the only waders in evidence and while there were many other herons the bittern didn’t show? Familiarity breeds contempt I guess.
Good views of sandmartins going in and out of their holes, a little egret stirring the water to fish, and photographing a kingfisher, were highlights.
Being unable to get photos to upload from my computer is annoying, so here’s a photo of my camera showing one of the photos of a kingfisher…

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Progress of ~1.5 years of #Kingfisher photo's.

First on 30 November 2024, 2 months on the new hobby. Next one was in #Bloeidaal 1 year ago, a week later my best so far at #Waterwingebied

But yesterday beat all of those with a great sharp and detailed shot! Extra details in the alt-text
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Finally managed to get a photo of a Kingfisher.
The last photo is how I noticed him (while photographing a duck)

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🔭XF70-300mm

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