The hide provided more good views of a variety of birds. (See blog of 27th January 2017 for the previous visit.) The avocets were sitting on eggs and disputing airspace and water territory with everything else, including the terns nesting nearby. A pair of innocent shovelers got most of the attacks, but we weren't sure whether the one above was love or war. The sedge and reed warblers nesting along the bank were hard to snap clear of the vegetation. The out-of-focus shelduck is a pleasing pattern. The female sparrowhawk came in like an Exocet missile and perched for about a minute on the previously unused post, just long enough for the four photographers in the hide to get some frames.
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