Wildlife

Normandy Marsh Waders

Visited Normandy Marsh, part of the Lymington-Keyhaven nature reserve, an exposed coastal area on a freezing cold windy January day. Maybe not the soundest of ideas. One positive though was the tide being out and exposing the mud flats that waders feed on, and another positive was that the mud flats most of the waders were feeding on was close to a part of the sea wall that was out of the bitter wind when sitting down.

The waders on show.

Curlew (Numenius arquata)

A Curlew
A Curlew

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO DG lens at F6.3.

Possibly a Grey Plover or Sanderling

Grey Plover or Sanderling?
Grey Plover or Sanderling?

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO DG lens at F6.3.

Grey Plover or Sanderling? Portrait
Grey Plover or Sanderling? Portrait

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO DG lens at F6.3. Image cropped

A flock of Dunlin (Calidris alpina).

Flock of Dunlin feeding
Flock of Dunlin feeding

Here is a profile shot of lone Dunlin.

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO DG lens at F6.3. Image cropped

Dunlin profile
Dunlin profile

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO DG lens at F6.3. Image cropped

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Pete

I have been shooting nature with Olympus digital & Olympus OM camera gear on film since 2004

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