Wildlife photographer of the year contender?

I suppose as record shots go it's all you need to confirm ID. After seeing a Skua reported in Herts I thought we'd be in with a chance of some wind blown strays today but 3 of these on Peacock's Lake this morning was the best I could manage. Funny ducks seem to be the flavour of the month just now.

Jim

Dodgy ducks

Looking for a wandering (plastic?) Bufflehead last weekend, bumped into a wandering (plastic ancestor?) Red-crested Pochard. Always a useful SFYT but did not need it for 2015; blocked it out for others, and me in 2016 though...

RCP's

Three years running I have found these somewhere around the brick pits; not content with just one this time though as there were six males together flirting with the edge of the reeds in Quest Pit, HTC-phone-scoped to ensure quality image

A couple more fair fare

Nice lunchtime stop at GLE with SCB produced this little beaut.

Then an evening trip to Gadsey to find lots of waders produced nothing of the sort but a nice "find back" after SCB nicked my Harrold RCPs earlier in the year.  This will do though.

Spring started

An early start on Friday to get a walk in (as I had to work) was rewarded with my first summer migrant and a decent one at that; a female Ring Ouzel lurking with a couple of Fieldfares just above the wood at Pegsdon. Not unexpected about now but good to get one in before the hordes descend on the site into April and potentially steal the “finds” from under my nose. Maybe I should get up there and monopolise so the other SFYL listers have to go elsewhere but that would bring nose and face to mind as I probably would not find very much else of note…

Adding to my successes in the pits early Saturday was a male RCP in Quest which I was fortunate to bag for the self-find list as I had not read or heard anything about Mr Blain finding it the night before as I sat at home watching films and scoffing down some nice red. Not much else about but I also checked out some potential wader habitat in an unsuccessful look for Wipit, though finally bagged Chiffchaff and a small group of Barnacles to add two more to the list. Surprised not to get an LRP or a Wheatear though but they will come to me in the next month no doubt.

Nice but no tick

More RCPs for me but thinking of trading these in for a Little Gull or similar. Any takers? Thought not...

Harrold early doors

Dawn at Harrold gave me one more SFYT with a singing Cetti's Warbler. Less exciting were the wildfowl.

A fine shot of two female Red-crested Pochards at Harrold. The second female being a SFYT for anyone other than me having found the other two. But it was me so counts for nothing.
Another quality shot of the Harrold Pink-foot with a dodgy wing. A bird from 2011 so not countable.