Wicken Fen - early afternoon

Few birds to be seen, although a skein of Canada geese flew over and caught the sunlight.   It is always a joy to photograph some Swallows, even if they were not on the wing - easier that way!   Glad they are still around - at Cockup Bridge.   Jays are seen in the garden but not that often and this one was remarkably close to the house - perhaps a young one and not yet fearful.

Was able to photograph some Dragonflies but on very busy backgrounds.  Still, the blog is for shots that record the walk rather than attempts at 'perfect' images - although those would always be welcome!

The first two Dragonflies are the male and female Migrant Hawkers, and the last one is a male Southern Hawker - I think.

Sedge Warblers at Wicken Fen

Despite the wind, it was good to photograph some Sedge Warblers in the reeds.    Busy backgrounds to the images, but then that is their habitat.   The last image reminded me of a Pole Vaulter coming down the runway carrying its pole before take off!

Wrens at Wicken Fen

Having recently bought a telephoto lens, I'm having great fun trying it out and I hope to become friends with it before too long.   I don't know how many images I took on two visits to Wicken Fen to get something presentable!    I'm not sure either which of these images best captures a Wren.

Wicken Fen at Dawn

I had hoped to have seen both a sunrise and that Kingfisher, but it wasn't to be.   Instead there were several Muntjac and squirrels.   Only a Moorhen made use of the perfect perch for a Kingfisher.

It wasn't a red squirrel!

What a perfect perch for a Kingfisher this would have made!

Wicken Fen

 Just in case I do get to use this blog more often in 2013, here are some images from a trip to Wicken Fen this morning.   I was particularly excited to have photographed a kingfisher for the first time, and although the images are short of pixels, or have lots of twigs to obscure the bird, they do have to be included!