When we arrived a nice couple stopped me and told me that there was a Black Redstart about. After having a look at the Surf Scoter we decided to see if we could find it. We actually found two! It was a nightmare trying to get a shot of one of them. At one point (obviously looking as if I had been possessed) I found myself laying down in a dip in the ground (being a dune area). I jumped in and positioned the camera on the edge, ready to capture the shot of the day… then I felt the boggy stagnant water seeping through my jeans; into my thermal under garments and freezing my legs instantly! My thought to myself… “Well, you’re wet now so just stick it out”… Then, yet another family with about four lively children wandered by and the Black Redstart disappeared into the trees in the distance. “Half term is not really the best time for this” was my final thought on the matter!
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Sounds like a wonderful time!
ReplyDeleteBrad
Agree Angie, should be school at least seventy weeks a year.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Angie! You got to see a nice bird... There are plenty of them around my parents summer house but I never managed to get a nice shot of it!
ReplyDeleteWell done Angie! I have to be honest and say if I had seen it I probably wouldn't have been sure what I was looking at! I hope you dried out without ill effect :)
ReplyDeleteNice capture Angie,like the last shot.
ReplyDeleteLooks lonely.
John.
Just for your intrepid adventure was worth photographing redstarts! Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brad. It was a good day.
ReplyDeleteAdrian - I think I am becoming one of those grumpy old women!
Thanks Chris - keep trying.
Thank you SSB - It was worth it.
Thank you John.
Thanks Atanasio. It was!