Chevalier gambette (Tringa totanus)

Le Chevalier gambette est un petit limicole d'environ 25 à 30 cm de longueur, aux pattes rouge vif et au plumage à dominante brun gris. En plumage nuptial, le dos et le dessus des ailes sont gris foncé à brun, de même que la tête et le cou. Le ventre et la poitrine sont blancs tachetés de noir. À l'automne, les parties sombres s'éclaircissent pour devenir gris clair, les taches du ventre disparaissent. Il peut alors être confondu avec le Chevalier arlequin. Ce sont les deux seuls limicoles de cette taille à avoir les pattes rouges. Le Chevalier gambette s'en distingue principalement par un bec un peu plus court, et par une large bande blanche à l'arrière de l'aile visible en vol, qui le distingue immédiatement de tous les autres limicoles. Il est fréquemment appelé " pieds rouges " dans certaines régions à cause de la couleur de ses pattes.

High in the Chiltern Hills above Tring in Hertfordshire, England sits Tring Park. This large hilly woodland and grassland area is fantastic for exploring. Here is the 'Summer House' that probably dates from the time the park was landscaped by Charles Bridgeman during the 1720s.

Swans gathering at the Wilstone Resevoir near Tring in Hertfordshire, UK. The lighting conditions made the swans blend in with the water somewhat. A feature that I have massaged a bit in processing.

The King's Arms, Tring. The fireplaces in the bar are under the windows and the flue runs up the side of the window.

Tring, Hertfordshire.

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56091 seen screaming past Tring in a very lucky gap of sun working a Vstp 4Z47 07:05 Chaddesden Sidings to Wembley TC.

A scene from the first floor of the Natural History Museum at Tring. Fuji X-E2.

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Risaie vercellesi aprile 2014

View On Black

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Racconigi ottobre 2017

Tring

Shot at Ivinghoe Beacon near Tring

Sunrise over Marsworth Resevoir, Tring, Bedfordshire, England.

A quick stop in the Chilterns.

Happy Easter.

Somehow appropriate to the occasion?

Popular place in Tring.

See it better On Black

Circular walk from Marsworth to Bulbourne, Little Tring and back round Tringford and Startops Reservoirs.

Tring, Hertfordshire, England

Leica M3 camera

Zeiss Planar f2.0 50mm lens

Kodak Ultramax 400 film

The old farmhouse and row of cottages opposite just about makes up this tiny settlement.

Hertfordshire

Tring

Tringa erythropus

Riserva Naturale della Foce dell'Isonzo - Isola della Cona

..the walk back to Tring had lots of grassland with poppies.

On a Frosty Winters Morning

6231 Duchess of Atholl passing Tring Summit on the down "Mid Day Scot" in early summer 1938, only a few weeks after entering traffic in June 1938. It was in the first batch of five built non-streamlined and eventually fourteen were built in non-streamlined condition. A double chimney was fitted in 1940 and smoke deflectors fitted in 1946. It was one of the first Duchesses to be withdrawn, in December 1962. A colourised b/w print taken by C. R. L. Coles.