Brief Encounter

Another day of persistent and heavy rain showers saw us mainly Confined to Barracks save for a lull around noon when we hightailed it down to

LONGHAM LAKES
which seemed likely to be the best option for getting something in the can, with the first sight being c19 Little Egrets on the main island. Otherwise among something of a dreary mob was this male

SHOVELER

hogging most of the footage along with a

female doing likewise and overlooked by a towering

GREAT WHITE EGRET
one of only 2 seen.

Poor group shots included a pair of Wigeon with Little Egret and

Little Egret, Shoveler, 2 x Greylags and a single Canada Geese

while this loan male WIGEON had not been as lucky as his mate above.

SHOVELER bathing and passing CANADA GOOSE
 Finally, as we thought you to have had too much excitement already, the second of the

GREAT WHITE EGRETs
on the Hampreston water meadows just before being caught in the latest shower.
Homeward Bound!