The Wait, as theTide is High.

As the tide is High many of the locals resting before their  feeding trips.

And :- A note to self – On Saturday 22nd of May 2017 the 1st Common Terns this year spotted off Titchfield haven Hampshire.

Gadwall

Gadwall – male

female

A dabbling duck, grey in colour sized a little smaller than the mallard, with an obvious black rear end. It shows a white wing patch. When seen close up the grey colour is made up of fine barring and speckling. It nests in low numbers around the UK. It is on the Amber List.

show a leg.

The  Redshank is a common UK wader and found all year around our coast and further inland during the breeding season. As its name suggests the Redshanks’ most striking features is their bright orange/red legs. They also have a medium-length bill with an orange base.

I have posted pictures before but could not hold off posting today’s bird.

 

 

Not sharp (but proof)

These pictures are taken of birds a long way off shore and are not as sharp as I would usually blog but as I have never seen Eider this far South or on the Solent before so I decided to post them. I have only ever seen wild Eider duck above North Yorkshire on the coast. This group of birds were about 15 in number.

Sea Urchin

Sea urchin on the Solent Shore. This one is dead and just the shell the link below shows a alive one.

https://andyfinneganblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/more-than-just-ice-cream/https://andyfinneganblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/more-than-just-ice-cream/

Coot

 

The Coot is an all-black water bird, it has a distinctive white beak and ‘shield’ above the beak and red eyes. Its feet have distinctive lobed flaps of skin on the toes, which act instead of webs when swimming.

Singing Dunnock

The Dunnock, which is also known as Hedge Sparrow it is a small brown and grey bird an unobtrusive bird. Take a closer look it is quite attractive with its blue-grey head and breast, light and dark brown streaky back, brown streaked flanks and pink legs. The black bill is finer than that of other sparrows, because it feeds mainly on insects and not seed.

 

Heron

 

Grey Herons are a tall bird with long legs, a long beak and grey, black and white feathering. This bird was hunting along the waters edge. Crab may have been on it’s shopping list.

 

 

 

By the sea

Tide in today so no beach enjoyed the sailing off  Titchfield Haven  in the sun

Egret in the wind

Puffed up in the wind Little Egret fishing at Tichfield Haven so much nicer than when their feathers were used in hats.