Mikepércs: Still Waiting For The Hatchlings ...

I expected that the eggs have been hatched by now in one of the stilts' nests. However they are still sitting on the eggs, it seems that they need a few more days.
Two black-headed gulls arrive early in the morning, they do some preening then fly away to return after a few minutes:

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

A water rail appears near the bank, it's quite far from me. Suddenly it starts to speed towards me. I try to turn the camera but it takes notice of it and disappears in the thick vegetation without being photographed.
Soon a spotted redshank lands, it's close:

Spotted Redshank

But it moves on, the "stovepipe" in the hide is suspicious:

Spotted Redshank

Spotted Redshank

There's not a big activity this time either, but before I leave I take a few shots of the stilt sitting on the nest nearby:

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Mikepércs: Common Snipes

Early in the morning I'm lying on my belly in the hide and waiting for the beautiful morning lights, as a sunny day is to be expected.

The first bird that I can photograph before sunrise is a common snipe, however the lights are still weak. Later a black-winged stilt starts searching nearby by better lights:

Black-winged Stilt

Then two ruffs land and start displaying facing at each other, ...:

Ruff (female)

Ruff (male)

... but they calm down quickly.

After a few minutes I can hear the voices of a few black-headed gulls, and indeed, they land just in front of me by beautiful lights:

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Meanwhile a coot is flapping with its wings after bathing:

Coot

The gulls leave, but a ruff is searching continously nearby, ...:

Ruff (male)

... just like two common snipes:

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

The bird of the year is landing:

Black-winged Stilt

One of the common snipes starts preening:

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

The other one is rushing towards the vegetation:

Common Snipe

Scrathing:

Common Snipe

I can hear some known sounds again: lapwings are approaching and how nice, they are landing in front of me too:

Lapwing

One of them is having a bath, ...:

Lapwing

Lapwing

... then it does some preening:

Lapwing

I'm paying attention on the common snipes as well:

Common Snipe

Lapwing

Lapwing

Lapwing

Lapwing

Lapwing

The wind starts to blow and instead of the yellow colour of the reed the blue sky begins to reflect on the waving water:

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

I discover two black-tailed godwits near the opposite bank! That's a good reason to bring my hide there.

Tisza-lake: Day 3

When I woke up on the 3rd day the sun was hidden by some clouds:

I went on making flight shots. There were quite lots of white-winged black terns, yellow-legged gulls and black-headed gulls flying close to me:

White-Winged Black Tern

Young Yellow-legged Gull

Black-headed Gull

I waited a lot for the marsh harrier to come, as I saw it flying on this place yesterday. Then it appeared suddenly:

Marsh Harrier

Marsh Harrier

Fortunately there was not a strong sunlight which had a good effect on the images, on the other hand the light clouds didn't give a nice background.

Night Heron

Young Black-headed Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Cormorant

Young Yellow-legged Gull

This heron flew quite close in front of me:

Grey Heron

Young Yellow-legged Gull