21 November 2024 - Hollingworth Lake

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Pied Wagtail, 17 Gadwall

Cold, clear and very still.  The water level is still quite low, and as I walked along the road, a Pied Wagtail landed briefly on a rock just at the water's edge.  As I reached the reserve, there were good numbers of Lapwings and Cormorants, but the highlight was a group of 17 sleepy Gadwall, just in the water offshore from the muddy spit midway between the road and the hide. 

Pied Wagtail, 1/640 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1600 (view full size image)

Gadwall- Cormorants And Lapwings, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1600 (view full size image)

Gadwall, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1600 (view full size image)