Saturday 18 August 2012

Cresswell ~ waders, an albino and a cuckoo

A couple of hours at Cresswell this morning was very productive, with little stint, ruff, water rail, spoonbill, curlew sandpiper, whimbrel, long-tailed duck, yellow wagtail, an albino barn swallow (amazing - flew south over pool), and greenshank noted.

A great display from a couple of stoats was set to be the highlight until the very last moments - when a cracking barn owl was watched hunting over the dunes and an amazingly obliging juv cuckoo fed along the entrance track!






A bit heat-hazed...


2 comments:

The Liverbirder said...

The cuckoo shots are amazing. Well done!

Ornitocampero.blogspot.com.es said...

The cuco pics are incredible, prehaps first time that I see one on the floor!
Saludos from spain.