After the disappointment of not finding any Dotterel on Sat a.m I was well pleased when news broke on Sun a.m that Martin Bevan and Phil Hill had found a pair in the same location as the birds that were found by Graham Smith in 2010.
Teresa had borrowed the Jeep to visit a local car boot sale in the morning so I birded locally and decided to go for the birds in the afternoon.
I just missed Peter Morgan who had just "ticked" another lifer but met up with Rob Mitchell who was already on the pair and clicking away with his Nikon and "Bigma".
The birds were very confiding and approached within 4-5m and although the wind had now reached hurricane like proportions I managed to get a few nice shots.
Both myself and Rob enjoyed chatting with visiting birder/photographer Dave Barnes from Worcester whose name I picked up from the images he had posted on Birdguides,Dave was shooting with a Canon 500mm f4 on a 1D body,the stuff dreams are made of,one day,one day...............
Whilst the three of us were firing away Dave and Mrs Palmer from Cardiff also turned up and we were able to get them on to the birds straight away.
What a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon,why aren't all birds so co-operative ??..........
6 comments:
Hi Jeff,
I think the birds came in overnight, that was the third time I had visited the site lately. Martin and myself missed the birds last year being in Lesbos for a week and they turned up on one of our " local patches " typical.
Phil Hill
Hi Phil,
Myself and Peter Morgan scoured the area early Sat a.m before joining up with the GBC field trip,they could have been missed by us but I'd like to think they arrived overnight
Nice shots Jeff.
Couldn't you have got any closer to them Jeff?
Beats hiking up Garreg Lwyd, eh?
Nothing wrong with a good yomp. Try Ben Alder or Ben Armine in Sutherland with a full pack of cameras etc, that will sort you out! Great shots Jeff
Colin
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