Bearded Tits

With glorious blue skies and sunshine how could you not go birding? Today was about improving on the dismal shots of recent days, where we had seen fantastic birds but due to the grey clag our photographs could not do them justice. First stop - Swanbourne Lake for the Firecrests, of course the change of weather had caused a change of behaviour and the smaller birds were back up in the canopy rather than on the ground foraging in the leaf litter. So, yet again, the Firecrests and their Goldcrest companions were blurred images. Even the usually obliging Treecreeper proved difficult. As more birders gathered under the trees at the end of the lake we beat a hasty retreat to Hayling Island. This turned out to be a virtual re-run of Thursday with very few birds present at high water.

So back to the west side of Pagham Harbour at the Long Pool for the Bearded Tits, whilst not elusive they are hard to photograph, constant movement on swaying reeds and very rarely coming out into the clear make for shots that are never quite on the money,coupled with the fact that today they were reluctant to come close, most shots are heavy crops. Ah well! There is always another day.

These are what I managed to capture.

No discrimination intended, I just could not get a clear shot of a female.