Kingfisher!

Most of my day was taken up with domestic stuff, which was just as well as it rained for the most of it.

The Cattle Egrets are still in there chosen field in Dengemarsh Road, Lydd. A brief look at the the sea from the fishing boats in the company of DW where a 1w Caspian Gull put in a brief appearance, 3 Mediterranean Gulls were feeding off shore with the many Black-headed Gulls and few each of Gannet and Kittiwake.

Late morning I met up with Richard Smith who had very kindly collected my camera and lens from the repair shop, then delivered them to me today, thanks again Richard.

I managed to try it out late this afternoon at the ARC where a Kingfisher posed in the near dark,

the pics below were taken at 2000 ISO. They are a long way from perfect but a million times better than the happy snapper, so a repair bill a little shy of £600 is worth every penny, considering its in constant use hour after hour due to my stressful, demanding, exhausting lifestyle.

Also at the ARC  3 Bitterns, a Merlin, 2+ Sparrowhawks, 2 Great White Egrets, 4+ Smew, 5+ Goldeneye, a couple of squealing Water Rails and the usual wildfowl. 

 Kingfisher taken at 2000 ISO 160th sec  at 6.3