A contribution to Becky’s July Squares: Blue photo challenge.
A feeding Whooper Swan surrounded by blue water.
Tag: Martin Mere
Male Northern Pintail at sunset.
Male Common Pochard in winter.
Whooper Swan portrait.
Whooper Swan at sunset.
Throwback Thursday travels back to Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Lancashire, England in the early 1990s.
I had planned on being at this location for sunset after working out roughly where the sun would set earlier in the day. I had been in the same hide (blind) earlier in the day when the sun was behind it taking shots of the various species feeding. I may have even photographed this particular bird.
A Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) at sunset.
Feeding Whooper Swan.
One from the archives taken in Lancashire, England in the mid 1990s.
I was at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Martin Mere reserve. There was a few Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) close to one of the hides in the morning. With the nice light on the birds I spent some time shooting as wide a variety of images as possible.
I like the way the light is catching the drops of water on the birds head and neck as it feeds.
Being watched at sunset.
One from the archives taken in Lancashire, England in the 1990s. I spent most of the day at Martin Mere Wetland Centre, a Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust nature reserve. There’s a selection of wooden hides (blinds) overlooking various areas of the reserve.
I made sure that I was in the most suitable hide as the sun was setting with the intention of shooting silhouettes of the wildfowl on the water. This male Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) appears to be staring at the lens although I suspect that it is a coincidence as the birds generally ignored the hides. I like the way the last light is catching the grey portion of the birds bill.
