juvenile Dotterel

I have not actually seen many juvenile Dotterel and the last one was on the totally unsuitable and pretty horrible looking Humber mud at North Killingholme - saw a couple on Scilly way back in the 80’s but the draw of this bird on Burbage Moor was a bit too strong - driving through Sheffield was a nightmare, note to self never go near that place again, and the bird was pretty inactive and never fed while I was there - assume it does feed at some point but you do just get the feeling that maybe something is wrong which sort of diluted the beautiful views of a stunning little wader - anyway a selection of images in very strong winds and light from bright sun to pretty dull - all with the 100-500 lens it was so close you certainly did not need a big lens

big lenses were not actually needed it was so close so zoomed out to 100mm to take ina bit of habitat

although very windy and looking black all around it kept fine but the wind was very strong

didn’t see much of the back of its head or its legs for that matter as it spent most of its time sat down sheltering from the wind

a real beauty

the sun was still a bit high for backlit shots but I had a go