Dipper - Cinclus cinclus
Canon 800mm f6.3 for 1/400th @ iso800
Daytime temperatures not reaching 0 the Dippers continue to search out food in the river. The water levels are high with the melt water coming off the hills, and I can only imagine what the water temperature was in the fast flowing areas of the river.
This Dipper when on the weir sat on one leg only and it is the only time I have seen one of these normally sure footed birds slip and slide wings flapping to keep it's balance along the top of the fish ladder.
The Dipper is not the only the bird searching out food on the weir in the freezing cold water. Between visits by the Dipper a pair of Grey Wagtails feed across the top of the weir. These tiny birds preferring the edges and shallow pools of the weir to find food.
Daytime temperatures not reaching 0 the Dippers continue to search out food in the river. The water levels are high with the melt water coming off the hills, and I can only imagine what the water temperature was in the fast flowing areas of the river.
This Dipper when on the weir sat on one leg only and it is the only time I have seen one of these normally sure footed birds slip and slide wings flapping to keep it's balance along the top of the fish ladder.
The Dipper is not the only the bird searching out food on the weir in the freezing cold water. Between visits by the Dipper a pair of Grey Wagtails feed across the top of the weir. These tiny birds preferring the edges and shallow pools of the weir to find food.