The forecast promised dry weather, some showers in the morning then clearing to give a bright sunny afternoon, so we went to Brownsea Island in Poole harbour.
The first bit was right, it started dry and we got to the Macdonald Hide where there were masses of Spoonbills (50+ we were told) lots of the trademark Avocets, a solitary Peregrine ( that sat hunched up look miserable all the time we were there) and several others.
Almost as soon as we got into the hide the heavens opened and it poured down which resulted in some very soggy looking "Reds" rooting about in the marsh as we left
They were looking very bedraggled, but were so dedicated to hunting through the massive fall of Sweet Chestnuts that we nearly trod on two of them but the third posed for us beautifully.
Shame about the light though as it was still very dark and overcast and I ended up needing ISO1600 to get the shot so these are a bit noisy (but I think cute enough to forgive it
)
More to come later as Variants - now posted, sorry I got a bit carried away
(but I hope you enjoy them)
Tags: Avocet
Red squirrel
Waders
Brownsea
Spoonbill
Wildlife and nature
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