Water Rail, Calke Abbey Park, Derbyshire. DSC_1448.jpg
It was a relatively long wait for this individual to emerge in front of the wetland hide at Calke Abbey Park, though eventually when it did decide to put in an appearance, it popped out quite frequently during late afternoon. However, it never ventured far into the feeder clearing in front of the hide, always lurking on the fringes and very skittish, scuttling back into the undergrowth at the first hint of risk..
A different foray to the first shot I posted, on this occasion it emerged down the narrow path on the far side of the hide clearing, again without straying too far. A squirrel sent it rather rapidly back into the undergrowth.
Water Rail, Calke Abbey Park, Derbyshire. DSC_1448.jpg
It was a relatively long wait for this individual to emerge in front of the wetland hide at Calke Abbey Park, though eventually when it did decide to put in an appearance, it popped out quite frequently during late afternoon. However, it never ventured far into the feeder clearing in front of the hide, always lurking on the fringes and very skittish, scuttling back into the undergrowth at the first hint of risk..
A different foray to the first shot I posted, on this occasion it emerged down the narrow path on the far side of the hide clearing, again without straying too far. A squirrel sent it rather rapidly back into the undergrowth.