Mikepércs: Water Rails Again

Today I went for the rails again.

The sun hasn't rised yet when a common snipe appears in the drying pondbed searching for a good place:

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

Soon a young rail is coming out of the vegetation:

Young Water Rail

Young Water Rail

Young Water Rail

Young Water Rail

Young Water Rail

Of course it doesn't stay out for more than a minute but soon another young appears, this time bathing in the lights of the rising sun:

Young Water Rail

Young Water Rail

Young Water Rail

Young Water Rail

Young Water Rail

An adult rail is nearby too, but I can't see it well.

The wagtails and other small birds are here as well, if I'm right, this is a marsh warbler:

Marsh Warbler

In the end a wood sandpiper is coming really close:

Wood Sandpiper

Mikepércs: Water Rails

Another try at the pond.
Not long after I get into the hide, young water rails are coming out of the little "reed-mace forest" nearby. However it is too dark for photography. But I can see young wagtails, sedge warblers, marsh warblers and bluethroats as well. At the first lights I can hardly get a sharp image of the moving birds, but later I manage to catch them when they stop for a moment.
An adult, ...:

Water Rail

... and a young bird:

Young Water Rail

Then by the first rays of the sun a spotted crake appears suddenly in front of the hide:

Spotted Crake

Unfortunately it doesn't stay there long, it rushes back in the vegetation.
A young yellow wagtail lands as well:

Young Yellow Wagtail

A few wood sandpipers are present too, one of them finds a really big prey:

Wood Sandpiper

In the end two black-winged stilts are landing, here's one of them:

Black-winged Stilt

Mikepércs: Shrinking Water

I was unable to take a decent shot lately at the pond, mainly because of the unfavourable background. The water is shrinking fast, attracting  the shore birds. But I could see water rail and crake as well.
The shorebirds are the first to appear at dawn, there are many wood sandpipers. A young water rail is coming to the open ground, but it's too far for taking a good shot. Then two common snipes come, they are not close enough either. Later the coots are coming, mainly youngs:

Young Coot

After some time the birds start to preen themselves:

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Ruff

Ruff

Wood Sandpiper