I was expecting the rail family again today. I haven't got a decent photo of the moorhens, which I came for to this place, because they haven't got close enough so far. But they did today!
The most early birds were the wagtails again and this little ringed plover:
Young Little Ringed Plover
Yellow Wagtail (female)
Young White Wagtail
Young White Wagtail
The little ringed plover was walking to and fro around my hide, so I was able to make a lot of photos of it, but they are very similar. These birds hunt in a special manner: unlike the sandpipers, which probe the soil or the shallow water while walking continously, these birds make a few steps, pick something, then stand there unmoving for many seconds, if they would think where to make the next probe into the mud.
Young Little Ringed Plover
Young Little Ringed Plover
Then a snipe appeared as well looking for some food in the hole I made nearby which still contained some water. Then it preened itself a bit:
Common Snipe
Common Snipe
The little ringed plover reappeared:
Young Little Ringed Plover
Young Little Ringed Plover
Then the snipe thought it was time for having a rest, so it decided to settle in a hole near my hide, dig it's long beak under the wings and took a good nap. In it's camouflaged plumage it was nearly unnoticable:
Common Snipe
As the Sun got higher and higher the moorhens began to come forward. First the youngs ...:
Young Moorhen
... then an adult one too:
Moorhen
Moorhen
Sometimes they must have seen something suspicious as at such occasions they ran into the shore vegetation quickly but they soon reappeared on the "tangle pasture":
Young Moorhen
Young Moorhen
Young Moorhen
Young Moorhen
Young Moorhen
Young Moorhen
And finally another picture of the little ringed plover:
Young Little Ringed Plover
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