Tomorrow.. tomorrow… I’ll be photographing again… tomorrow.

Emerald Tree Boa, originally uploaded by http://andrewskelton.net.

Phew… back home now but it’s not like I have time to catch my breath – tomorrow, as they say, is another day… and another photographic day at that – not that today hasn’t. As I mentioned yesterday, we headed off to Slimbridge. Created by Sir Peter Scott, it’s the head quarters of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and as such is a cornucopia of ducks, geese, swans and numerous other birds. I was rather disappointed when I first arrived, all semblance of sunny weather had disappeared and I was left with the same conditions that I always seem to encounter when I’m there – grey grey grey. The lighting conditions were flat to say the least, and as such it wasn’t just the weather that was in the doldrums – so was my spirits.

A walk up along the hides didn’t provide any real photo opportunities, however the walk back did; a nonchalant glance through a fence view point to some feeders didn’t show much of interest until I noticed in amongst the reeds… a water rail. A notoriously shy bird, I didn’t expect much in the way of a photo opportunity – these birds normally dart out into the open and then straight back in, two seconds later. Thinking about it, it probably wasn’t a real water rail but a moor hen in fancy dress (actually it was a real Water Rail!) – as there wasn’t anything remotely shy about this bird – it remained in the open for 15 minutes and yes… I did manage a photo or two.

You’re going to have to wait a little bit longer to see any new photos – despite having two machines clearing the memory cards… I’m still not ready to sort through them. So, Dear Reader, until tomorrow.

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