Radipole Again

We've been a little quiet on the blog for a while, but that's not to say we haven't been busy. We've taken a number of trips to Radipole Lake, but have always come away fairly disappointed. Either there wasn't much about or conditions were largely against us. That little bit of luck was always missing too.
Today we decided to go down and have a look for the Water Rails that our friend Danny had found yesterday. To our surprise, they were showing very well, but not as well as the Bearded Tits. We have found the beardies on previous visits, but they have been quite flighty and hard to get at. Today was slightly different in that they stayed in one location for long periods,but it was breezy and trying to get focus through the reeds was as difficult as ever.
I was pleased to get this one and also the one on my Flickr page. Rose also got some excellent images and they are starting to appear on her own Flickr page. The Water Rails? Well we did get some shots, mostly bum shots in truth, but it was just good to be seeing them as they are usually very elusive.