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What a Tern Up!

30/4/2014

 
On Sunday 27th April, Eddie and I went birding together for the first time since the Panama trip.  Incredibly, he was still talking to me despite my boot-camp approach to overseas birding.  At 7 am, we headed north...       
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Marsh Harrier, 27/04/14, Public Hide, Leighton Moss, Lancs.
After showing our faces at the Heysham Harbour "Sunday Sea-watch" for 10 agonizing minutes, we soldiered on to find more instant gratification at Leighton Moss.  
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Reed Deer, 27/04/14, Leighton Moss. In the field on the right of the path towards Lower Hide.
No otters at Lower Hide, not that we stayed very long.  A kind gentleman informed us of a Black Tern at Lillian's.  So off we trudged, back to where we started from...  
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Black Tern, 27/04/14, Leighton Moss, opposite Lillian's Hide.
The bird behaved itself and did the decent thing: wait for our arrival.  There it was on a wooden post right in front of us.  Mobbed by Black-headed Gulls, it put on an impressive display of aerial maneuverability.      
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Distracting us from the main act was a rather bold Grey Heron, supplementing its usual diet by scoffing its own feathered cousins.  All very dramatic, but for me, there's one main thing lacking: facial expression.   
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Heron eating a Mallard chick, 27/04/14/ Lillian's Hide, Leighton Moss, Lancs.
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Same Heron, mobbed by an anxious Black-headed Gull.
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"OK, I'm off. See you next Spring."

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