So, I had a rest in the hide resigning myself that there won't be any fog this morning. But when I'm looking up after half an hour, I can see quite a thick fog in front of me. Only the birds are yet to come. I don't have to wait long for them, as a couple of garganeys are landing and coming closer, where their legs reach the pond bed:
Garganey (male)
After a some time they leave:
Garganey (male)
Soon stilts and avocets appear. But a lapwing lands too.
As I notice, there are two couples of avocets in the area, they pass in front of the hide several times:
Avocet
Avocet
The redshank couple is in the area as well, one of them comes closer:
Redshank
Black-winged Stilt
Meanwhile I can hear black-headed gulls approaching, they land but can't be seen well because of the fog. And they don't stay long.
Soon a redshank is having a bath nearby, ...:
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
... then it starts preening:
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
Redshank
Black-winged Stilt
Meanwhile a few terns arrive.
The stilts stay nearby all time, and I notice that they have a nest in the rare vegetation, as one of them is sitting on it for a while.
Meanwhile a ruff turns up too:
Ruff (female)
Ruff (female)
The terns are flying above the water for quite a long time, ...:
Whiskered Tern
... and picking insects from the surface. I'm trying hard to catch them during this activity, however it's not simple:
Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern
I can see the stilts mating again, but this time they are close to the vegetation, so I can't take decent shots of them.
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
The lapwing lands again, this time accompanied by another one:
Lapwing
As the sun gets higher, the air is clearing, but the dewy cobwebs show how hazy the air was at dawn:
Black-winged Stilt
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