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<\/a>Curlew & Starlings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7206.jpg\")
<\/a>Curlew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7210.jpg\")
<\/a>Curlew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7216.jpg\")
<\/a>Curlew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7222.jpg\")
<\/a>Curlew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7172.jpg\")
<\/a>Curlew & Lapwing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7265.jpg\")
<\/a>Flying Curlew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7290.jpg\")
<\/a>Flying Curlew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n I could hear Robins, Long Tailed Tits, Gold Finch and Blue Tits but one of the first things I spotted was a flock of Starlings swirl around and land in the field over the other side of the wall. After looking a bit closer I realised that what I had thought were brown plants and grasses were Curlew, lots of them. Dozens of Lapwing were also with them. After watching for a few minutes most of them took to the air, circled round a bit and landed in the field across the other side of the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I walked up river a few yards watching the Curlew preening themselves and tucking their long beaks under their wings looking as though they were settling in for a rest as seen in the header image. At 4 in the afternoon it did seem a bit early to be settling for the night but sunset is at 4 at this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Singing Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7432.jpg\")
<\/a>Little Egret<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7436.jpg\")
<\/a>Little Egret<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n I headed back towards the car and spotted a singing Robin in a tree next to the gate. I took a couple of photos of it hoping that it wouldn’t show as just a silhouette against the sky. I then spotted quite a large white shape above the river. I tried to keep a tree between me and where I thought it had come to land as I moved closer to the river. This allowed me to get a couple of photos of the Little Egret. We have done well for Egrets over the last couple of years. I managed to get a photo of a Little Egret at Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits<\/a> and last year a Great White Egret spent some time on the canal and river Aire at Saltaire<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Goosander & Mallard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7D2_7453-1024x683.jpg\")
<\/a>Flying Mallard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n I didn’t have my binoculars with me but took some photos of ducks way down river. Some of them flew up river but I waited until I got home to look at the photos to see that there were Goosander among the Mallards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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