Sunset over the Humber accompanied by multiple thousands of Pink-footed Geese

On Sunday the dull morning broke toa glorious afternoon and it looked like the evcening would be calm and without cloud so a sunset as the Pink-footed Geese arrived at their Humber roost north of Read’s Island. The scene was set and it almost played out with geese streaming in but they whiffled down a bit early missing the peak of the colour in the sky but I did manage some flocks with the beautiful moon before they hit the orange glow. A memorable evening hopefully illustrated below.

Most of the flocks of geese flew above the moon but persistence eventually paid off

With the 200-800 zoom lens I played about with compositions including more geese then zooming in on the moon but passing flocks are quick and there is little time for change of mind

The flocks were far enough away to make it possible to get the birds and the moon in focus at the same time which is rarely the case

as they started to hit the weaker colours the flocks started to whiffle down

its always a toss up as to whetehr to include less bigger birds or more smaller birds in the scene

The upper cloud was a deep purple merging into oranges and more pastel shades before it intensified

The roosting throngs are a long way off on the sand bar but visible in the line of light

just before the sun dropped below the horizon