This morning I moved the hide closer to the drinking place of the turtle doves hoping for better shots.
The first scene however was about a young water rail and its prey. I have read already about the rails capturing small birds as well, but I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this young specimen killing (I suppose) a kind of calidris. Even the young moorhen nearby went closer, I think it didn't believe its eyes either :) After having killing it the rail took the small bird and rushed with it into the reed:
Young Water Rail with its prey and a Young Moorhen
Instead of the turtle doves the young white wagtails appear first in the early sunrays:
Young White Wagtail
Young White Wagtail
Young White Wagtail
A few starlings land as well in hope of some food, they turn up the small clods with their beaks looking under them:
Starling
I couldn't cope with the turtle doves as I would have liked to, this is my result with them for today:
Turtle Dove
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