The Goosander hide has been attracting people from far and wide recently, especially photographers in search of that illusive kingfisher shot. However, as is often the way, the kingfisher does not always play along, luckily it is not only a place to get kingfisher shots and we have been send a selection of great images taken from there recently by Mark Wright, here are a few of them.
There have been lots of herons around recently and they do not always get on well.
Grey herons having a disagreement by Mark Wright
Of course not all herons are grey.
“Walter” the great white egret by Mark Wright
Little and Large, “Walter” with a smaller companion by Mark Wright
Since my observation of Walter taking a fish from in front of a cormorant he seems to have developed a limp, it could be the cormorant had a go at him as they can be quite aggressive. Hopefully he will recover soon and continue on.
Not all the birds are large, there have been a number of grey wagtail close to the hide recently.
Juvenile grey wagtail by Mark Wright
And not all the wildlife there is birds.
Fallow deer doe by Mark Wright
young fox by Mark Wright
Then of course there are always the occasional opportunities to get shots of kingfisher as well.
Kingfisher by Mark Wright
Many thanks to Mark for sending us such a great series of shots.
Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve 