Red-Throated Diver ~ Iceland - 29.06.14

Wednesday 9 July 2014

We found so many pairs of Red-Throated Divers, most had young out on the water ..
Six adults on what was just a large puddle and I found a creche pool with 9 young birds with 1 adult ...
We found a small lake not far from where we were based, we watched the bird, checking its routine, then did a trial run which went well, so we backed out to return in the morning ...
The following morning was dull and overcast, but after a lengthy approach all the way in prone, I finally push my lens out through the long grass and was treated to a 1 on 1 with the diver, at times to close to fit it in the frame, twice preening itself  and a wing stretch all fantastic to watch but the bird had moved so close to me it was impossible to frame it ..
A great experience ...

Red-Throated Diver











I backed out the way i went in ...
Happy days ..


3 comments:

chiddy said...

Stonking shots

Jamie Medford said...

Great images as usual Mick.

Paul Thomas said...

brilliant stuff