A few days ago my brother, my grandparents and I went to Titchfield Haven nature reserve. Titchfield Haven is on the coast between Southampton and Portsmouth overlooking the Isle of Wight.
This was a special visit because I saw my first Waterail, I tried to take a picture of the incredibly elusive bird but due to the denseness of the reeds it was in, I couldn’t focus the camera on it.
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- This Kestrel was the first bird we saw when we arrived.
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- Good to see a gadwall. This is the first time I have seen one of these.
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- There were quite a few godwits like this at the reserve.
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- An interesting image with different birds perching on the same fence, a Buzzard, some cormorants and a heron.
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- Turnstones foraging on the beach.
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- At one of the hides there were tonnes of lapwings.
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- Very majestic Avocet.
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- Female Shoveler with strikingly long beak used for sifting through the water collecting small invertebrates and plant matter.
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- It’s not only waterfowl and waders at Titchfield. There are also Pheasants and other birds that live on the land.
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- Little Egret daintily wading through the water.
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- Another Godwitt
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- Teals smaller than mallards, males have a distinctive green flash on the side of its head.
