Spoonbill at Pagham Harbour

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A spoonbill feeding on the shoreside of the weir outlet at Pagham Harbour's North Wall (RSPB Nature Reserve) this afternoon.
Now the excuses -
a) it was so windy it was difficult enough to stand up let alone hold the camera anywhere near still
b) the light was terrible, low dark cloud and
c) I thought I'd try the D3 on the Sigma for the first time :(

But it was a very wonderful hour watching this beautiful creature sweeping its hunting ground, catching fish, dropping them, chasing them furiously, then throwing that marvellous beak back to swallow the unfortunate.
Spoonbill & godwit 1 by Graeme Hutson, on Flickr

Spoonbill 7 by Graeme Hutson, on Flickr

Spoonbill catch 4 by Graeme Hutson, on Flickr

Spoonbill catch 5 by Graeme Hutson, on Flickr

Spoonbill by Graeme Hutson, on Flickr
 
Lovely to see and thanks for sharing :)

PS i wonder is this a lone over wintering bird or will migrate soon........ I am surmising the Spoonbill are summer visitors only.
 
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