Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Dorney when the mist had cleared
The ruff was feeding in the south-west corner of the flood, so while I was waiting for it move along the shoreline I took the liberty of photographing a pair of mating migrant hawker dragonflies.
Next moment everything was up in the air - but they needn't really have bothered since the culprit was just a cruising hobby. The ruff swooped down to land near a teal, and both birds eyed the skies nervously.
The ruff came back up to the common end and preened for a while; but it wasn't long before this restless wader was off feeding again. One of these fine nights it will be gone.
The juvenile ringed plover was still present on the flood at least until the birds all went up; and four or five yellow wagtails were with the cattle on the common.
// posted by Christine @ 10:21 AM 
