Sunday, September 22, 2013
Hanging onto summer
On an overcast but warmish day there were at least seven yellow wagtails on Dorney Common with the cattle. Their presence here in numbers is a real sign of autumn but their cheerful calls and yellow plumage seem to keep summer going just a little bit longer.
The ruff was still on the flood. I had only bins today so it was a bonus when the wader worked its way up to the common end on the northern shore. In better light I managed a slightly better shot; but it's a shame if no one comes here to get a decent photo of this nice bird.
The lapwings all went up and the ruff with them, although it was very quickly down again. It landed on the southern side and further away so I called it a day. I vote this the prettiest bird on the flood so far.
// posted by Christine @ 9:08 AM 
