Shake It, Shake It Baby

With a bit of time on my hands, and despite the rather cold (for cold read bitterly cold) weather, headed off to Abberton Reservoir, camera in tow. As a member of the Essex Wildlife Trust viewed it may be time to actually use the membership, and went for a little reconnoitre.

The water level of the reservoir seemed quite low, the weather chill, grey and overcast, but despite this there were a host of different species of birds within reasonable lens distance, including a super cool Tufted duck, who despite the breeze blowing up the waves, was totally chilled on his back preening himself (or maybe herself). Various Geese, ducks, gulls, a Goosander were also spotted, the latter very kindly spent quite a bit of time diving into the water directly in my line of fire.

The image accompanying this article though is of a Greylag Goose, (I believe, happy to be corrected) who along with a host of others decided to have a bit of a shake up close to the causeway, which allowed a few frames to be taken with water thrashing about as he / she tidied themselves up.

A Grey Heron stealthily moved through the reed beds across the causeway, before flying to the other side to a further bed, maybe in the hope of better fishing results.

The Essex Wildlife Trust has numerous sites of interest locally, and plan to visit as many as possible to see what opportunities may present themselves. I have in mind some images I would like to try and get, which will require some planning, reading up on the habits of the wildlife in question, and probably the ability to get up and about a little earlier than I may be used to. Maybe at some point some warmer weather too, and undoubtedly a host of patience, and many return visits.