Dotterel - Charadrius morinellus
Canon 600mm f4.5 for 1/1000th @ iso400
A late in the day decision to go and try and get some photographs of the three Dotterel on the Great Orme, three later turned into four later in the day. I am not a stranger to photographing in North Wales which offers a wide and varied selection of wildlife. So a short sixty mile trip down the A55 up the hill and park, I was not sure of the location, the Orme in general terms is not a huge area but can feel like it if you choose the wrong car park based on a WhatsApp map sent to you. Anyway when Ian joined up with me an hour or so later he had less of a walk as I had managed to correct his map and find the actual spot. The sun blazed down a fine September day and the Dotterel although juveniles did what Dotterel do - pottered about worming, slept got up and pottered about worming - repeat. As the sun got lower just Ian, a chap sketching the birds and one other photographer who turned out to be a Flickr contact watched the normal colours of the birds turn orange and almost golden. As the sun dipped below the horizon over Anglesey we made our way back to cars, well Ian’s car and he gave me a lift down to the Church car park and then it was off home.
It would not be until April that there would be an opportunity to photograph Dotterel on the Orme again.
A late in the day decision to go and try and get some photographs of the three Dotterel on the Great Orme, three later turned into four later in the day. I am not a stranger to photographing in North Wales which offers a wide and varied selection of wildlife. So a short sixty mile trip down the A55 up the hill and park, I was not sure of the location, the Orme in general terms is not a huge area but can feel like it if you choose the wrong car park based on a WhatsApp map sent to you. Anyway when Ian joined up with me an hour or so later he had less of a walk as I had managed to correct his map and find the actual spot. The sun blazed down a fine September day and the Dotterel although juveniles did what Dotterel do - pottered about worming, slept got up and pottered about worming - repeat. As the sun got lower just Ian, a chap sketching the birds and one other photographer who turned out to be a Flickr contact watched the normal colours of the birds turn orange and almost golden. As the sun dipped below the horizon over Anglesey we made our way back to cars, well Ian’s car and he gave me a lift down to the Church car park and then it was off home.
It would not be until April that there would be an opportunity to photograph Dotterel on the Orme again.