Mikepércs: Some Haze

There was some rain yesterday, so when I set off to the pond I realize there is some haze! And when there is haze on the road then there haze is at the pond as well!
I'm waiting in the hide for the actions to happen ... at the moment I can see that the birds are far from me.
Then two black-winged stilts are drawing on in the haze:

Black-winged Stilt

Soon other stilts are coming and a short jarring takes place:

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

They are crying, chasing and pecking each other, before one of the couples leaves, so the others calm down and continue searching for food:

Black-winged Stilt

A wood sandpiper:

Wood Sandpiper

Black-winged Stilt

Soon a spotted redshank appears, ...:

Spotted Redshank

... then lapwings arrive but they are far from me.

The stilts are chasing each other again:

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Meanwhile I observe the court of the little ringed plovers on the shore, unfortunately the surroundings is not so good.
A mallard is taking off a little farther:

Mallard

Two stilts are chasing each other again:

Black-winged Stilt

Then common snipes are waddling in front of me:

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

Suddenly I catch sight of one of the black-tailed godwits which I longed for. It has just landed among the ruffs. After some time the godwit comes closer, unfortunately near the reed, so I can't photograph it well. The redshank and the spotted redshank however are at the right distance:

Redshank

Spotted Redshank

Soon the godwit gets on the right place:

Black-tailed Godwit

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.

Mikepércs: In Backlight Again

I was satisfied with my last week's results, so I stayed on the same place today.

The rails appear quite early, but the first photos of them are not too successful. As soon as the sun rises a snipe rushes in front of the hide:

Common Snipe

The starlings land on the drying pondbed in flocks again:

Starling

Soon two young pheasants appear:

Young Pheasant

Young Pheasant

The young rails come out of the reed regularly to search among the vegetation:

Water Rail

Water Rail

The pheasants appear again:

Young Pheasant

A young lapwing spends long minutes to rest nearby:

Young Lapwing

Young Lapwing

The wood pigeons and the turtle doves are perching on the bushes nearby but sometimes they are landing near the remaining water to drink. One of them comes quite close this time:

Turtle Dove

I managed to catch a young specimen as well:

Young Turtle Dove