Water Rail DSC_3084
Water Rail / rallus aquaticus. Attenborough, Nottinghamshire. 30/01/18.
This individual has delighted birders and non-birders alike with its frequent appearances in a small reedbed outside the Visitors Centre at Attenborough N.R.
To photograph the bird I had to stand on an elevated walkway and look down on it, hence the undesirable PoV! Not ideal I know...(nor was the scruffy, litter strewn spot it favoured the most, come to that), but beggars can't be choosers. I've got no regrets in devoting some time to this 'value for money' bird. It provided me with the most prolonged and outstanding views I've ever had of a notoriously wary skulker. Moreover, from my elevated position I was able to appreciate just how narrow its body was and fully understand how it can slip through reeds and other vegetation so effortlessly.
Water Rail DSC_3084
Water Rail / rallus aquaticus. Attenborough, Nottinghamshire. 30/01/18.
This individual has delighted birders and non-birders alike with its frequent appearances in a small reedbed outside the Visitors Centre at Attenborough N.R.
To photograph the bird I had to stand on an elevated walkway and look down on it, hence the undesirable PoV! Not ideal I know...(nor was the scruffy, litter strewn spot it favoured the most, come to that), but beggars can't be choosers. I've got no regrets in devoting some time to this 'value for money' bird. It provided me with the most prolonged and outstanding views I've ever had of a notoriously wary skulker. Moreover, from my elevated position I was able to appreciate just how narrow its body was and fully understand how it can slip through reeds and other vegetation so effortlessly.