Herons & friends
In just about every waterway there is one or more of the birds I have grouped here. Can’t miss some of these birds (the flocks of pink flamingos are not easily overlooked!), others are recluses like the bitterns. I relate to a heron - waiting as still as you can for the moment, the catch. For me it is the photograph, for them it is the fish.
Morning mist. Grey Heron. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. December 2018
Spoonbill. Tagus River, Portugal. April 2023
On the prowl. Great Bittern. Lee Valley, UK. January 2023
Golden light. Grey Heron. Berkshire, UK. November 2021
Maribou stork. Chobe National Park, Botswana. March 2024
Umbrella. Black heron. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Little egret. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Little bittern. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Flamingo. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. October 2021
African darter. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Hammerkop. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Purple Heron. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. April 2019
Night Heron. River Tagus, Portugal. April 2023
Coots. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. December 2018
Flamingo. Tagus Estuary. January 2023
Cattle Egret. Algarve Portugal. October 2018
Sqacco heron. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
African darter. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
African open bill. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Black heron. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
African open bill. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
African darter. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Great egret. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Yellow-billed stork. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Sqacco heron. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
White-backed night heron. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Yellow-billed stork. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Goliath heron. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Maribou stork. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Hammerkop. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
African Openbill. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Black headed heron. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Purple heron. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
African open bill. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Cattle egret. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Sqacco heron. Chobe river, Botswana. October 2023
Great Bittern. Lee Valley, UK. January 2023
Great Bittern. Somerset, UK. July 2021
Stork. Sado estuary, Portugal. October 2022
Great Bittern. Somerset, UK. July 2021
Flamingo. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. October 2022
Little Egret. Rutland, UK. June 2021
Flamingo. Tagus Estuary. January 2023
Glossy ibis. Tagus estuary, Portugal. April 2022
Flamingo. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. October 2022
Little Egret. Rutland, UK. June 2021
Great Bittern. Lee Valley, UK. January 2023
Little Egret. Berkshire, UK. April 2021
Flamingo. Tagus estuary, Portugal. October 2022
Two's company. Spoonbills. Sado estuary, Portugal. October 2022
Night Heron. River Tagus, Portugal. April 2023
African darter. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Sacred ibis. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Striated heron. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Black heron. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Storks. Sado estuary, Portugal. March 2023
Maribou stork. Chobe National Park, Botswana. March 2024