Sunday 4 July 2010

From The Reed Bed

The small birds of Kent Proved elusive. At Dungeness there were loads of warblers, Sedge, Reed, Whitethroat, Cettie's plus Linnets, Wren, Reed Bunting.

Similarly on some of the other reserves we visited. I spent a few hours gazing into reed beds but everything flew off before I managed any decent shots. The one exception was the Sedge pictured here and then I only got one click of the shutter before it thought better of it. The Reed Bunting was slightly hidden by Reeds but it proves it was in the right setting. The female Bearded Tit was quite a distance away from my lens at 500mm, where there was a little group, but too far of for decent shots so I post purely for the record, my first actual shot of Bearded Tit.

7 comments:

Bob Bushell said...

Wow, that is beautiful, Sedge Warbler I meant. The best I have seen today Mike.

Chris said...

HI Mike,
The sedge warbler shot is exquisite and I love the beard tit too!!! I've seen it only once in my life and did not manage any decent shots neither ;-)

East Ayton Birder said...

Cracking sedge warbler shot Mike - looks like you had a good trip.

Mike Randall Bird Photography said...

Thanks very much Bob, Chris and Dave. Will certainly visit Kent again.

JRandSue said...

Stunning Images Mike,loved your first shot.
John.

Harold Stiver said...

That is a tremendous shot of this little warbler. Well done!!

Mike Randall Bird Photography said...

Thanks very much John & Harold.