more Essex birds from a reserve close to my home 27-03-2023

[andygolfer]

I was up early yesterday to make a dawn start (the clocks changing made it a bit easier) to see what I could find at a nearby nature reserve as the forecast was excellent. There was quite a bit around early on but not enough light for decent photography, I got a few ducks on a lake and some wrens chasing around - one posed nicely for me plus a jay on the meadow. Then when I got back to my car park I put a bit of bird food on a couple of post to see what would show and got quite a variety and in good light as well - here's a selection...

mallard drakes 27-03-2023 2224 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

wren 27-03-2023 2237 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

jay 27-03-2023 4317 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3 species of tit.... blue, coal and great tits...
blue tit 27-03-2023 2556 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

coal tit 27-03-2023 2590 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

great tit 27-03-2023 2551 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

dunnock..
dunnock 27-03-2023 2583 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

robin...
robin 27-03-2023 2542 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and finally a nice surprise as a nuthatch visited a few times....
nuthatch 27-03-2023 2374 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

nuthatch 27-03-2023 2422 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

nuthatch 27-03-2023 2758 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

they were either very hungry after the storm of the previous day or just very opportunistic!
thanks for looking, C&C welcome
Andy

[PorkScratching]

Beautiful vivid shots Andy. You can see the dinosaur ancestry really showing through in the Dunnock!

[Nighthawke]

Beautiful colourful photos of our feathered friends. The nutchatch is a favourite of mine and I wish they would come into our garden more often.