Walks: 20250928

Great Tit

Let’s break the cycle: Great Tit here. The location is actually well chosen by WWT Arundel staff: they placed this branch in a light shaft in an otherwise…

Shoveler

Run out of photos from Virginia Water and back to WWT Arundel. This time it’s waterfowl’s turn, and we have a duck with a very appropriate name: Shoveler….

Common Buzzard

As some might have noticed, I am alternating waterfowl and raptor photos from WWT Arundel. The last bird of prey from the outing – this Common Buzzard.

Gadwall

Reasonably common duck in the UK – but I think I caught it at an interesting moment. Shame the shutter speed I used was too slow, and the…

Peregrine Falcon

As mentioned a few days ago, on the outing to WWT Arundel we saw lots of birds of prey. First one was a Red Kite. Second in line,…

Great Egret

A somewhat unusual catch for Arundel: a Great Egret. We were sitting in a hide overlooking the site’s main body of water and watched it walk slowly towards…

Red Kite

WWT Arundel sits on flat ground, with a mid-sized rise on the north-west side covered in woodland. Every time we visit, we see lots of raptors flying high…

Mandarin Duck

Finally, a photo outing – to WWT Arundel – only the second one for the whole of September. Kicking off with this contrasting photo: a brightly coloured Mandarin…