Bar-tailed Godwit
Canon 800mm f7.1 for 1/800th @ iso400
The promenade at Meols was once again empty after a deluge of photographers and bird watchers had descended on it to tick and photograph some rarity or other - the bird having departed and with it the masses.
The beach at low water had the usual supply of Redshank and Curlew, on the fringes of these birds a small number of Godwits argued with each other over patches of sand to feed on.
An extremely elegant bird, wintering in the south these birds have nothing short of a stunning summer plumage and of the best places to photograph them is Iceland where they return to breed.
A Peregrine disturbed the relative tranquillity of the feeding waders. Further out on the sand banks the Peregrine put up flocks of Shelduck, these large colourful ducks moving in unison to avoid the predator who changed tack and chased the Redshank - all at eye level with the prom and what a sight, the speed of the Peregrine and the twisting and turning of the waders and ducks as they desperately sought to avoid the talons of the predator.
Failing to catch anything the bird flew off the beach and headed inland, tranquillity and order returned to the waders.
The promenade at Meols was once again empty after a deluge of photographers and bird watchers had descended on it to tick and photograph some rarity or other - the bird having departed and with it the masses.
The beach at low water had the usual supply of Redshank and Curlew, on the fringes of these birds a small number of Godwits argued with each other over patches of sand to feed on.
An extremely elegant bird, wintering in the south these birds have nothing short of a stunning summer plumage and of the best places to photograph them is Iceland where they return to breed.
A Peregrine disturbed the relative tranquillity of the feeding waders. Further out on the sand banks the Peregrine put up flocks of Shelduck, these large colourful ducks moving in unison to avoid the predator who changed tack and chased the Redshank - all at eye level with the prom and what a sight, the speed of the Peregrine and the twisting and turning of the waders and ducks as they desperately sought to avoid the talons of the predator.
Failing to catch anything the bird flew off the beach and headed inland, tranquillity and order returned to the waders.