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Excellent Tern Out

5/7/2015

 
With a White-winged Black Tern reported at Leighton Moss, and Arctic Terns mingling with Common Terns at Preston Dock, Eddie and I rose to the challenge of photographing all three species today.  With other surprises thrown in, the day soon terned  into a classic...        (Gosh that was rubbish, I hear you groan).     
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Great White Egret, 04/07/15, Leighton Moss. On the pools near Barrow Scout. Didn't expect this.
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White-winged Black Tern, 04/07/15, Leighton Moss, Lower Hide. Exactly what we came for. Distant, but digiscoped accordingly.
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And again in flight. It kept plucking insects from the water's surface then descending onto the same post.
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Common Damsel (Hemmed in by two Blue-tailed Damsels) 04/07/15, path to Lower Hide, Leighton Moss.
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Speckled Wood, 04/07/15, path to Eric Morecambe Hide, Leighton Moss.
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Greenshank, 04/07/15, Eric Morecambe Hide, Leighton Moss.
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Greenshank compared with Redshank.
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Black-tailed Godwit, 04/07/15, Eric Morecambe Hide, Leighton Moss.
Our trip to Leighton Moss also yielded a Med Gull, a distant view of Egyptian Geese and a few tantalising glimpses of Cettis Warbler.  Yep, glimpses, not just a noisy earful from deep cover.  

Not a bad day, but it wasn't over yet...  
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Arctic Terns, 04/07/15, Preston Dock. Good to see these breeding here.
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Common Tern, 04/07/15, Preston Dock. What a success story. Loads breed here now, albeit in man-made boxes / old car tyres.
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