Becalmed by Beardies

Tuesday was extremely calm, so I risked a visit across the Humber. The first half hour was extremely quiet, so it looked as though the Bearded Tit activity was over for a year.  However after 30 minutes the strong sun came over the hillside, and suddenly the reedbed was alive with birds.  This time we walked beyond the hide and were rewarded with amazingly close views of a party of about eight birds, who performed in the reeds, in a leafless hawthorn, and in the skeleton of an umbellifer.   
Male Bearded Tit
 A party of Beardies
 Male Bearded Tit
 Trio of Males
 One female and 5 males
 A plethora
 In the Umbellifer
 Portrait of a male
 Ditto
 Flying Female
 Another Male
 Ditto
 Ditto
 Ditto
 Ditto
 Black-tailed Godwits among Teal
 Yellowhammer
 Redwing
 Snipe Among Teal
 Immature Water Rail (c) 2016 Ben Coneyworth
 Ditto
 Ditto
 Gossamer on Grass
The following day we went to Spurn, but missed all the exciting birds of the day before.  
Moulting Pintail from a Fortnight ago
 Fieldfare
 Brent Geese
 Knot
 Knot
 Weasel through Windscreen
 Ditto

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