Now is the time of the year to look out for black tailed godwits fighting as they defend their feeding ground and show off to the ladies. It is about 5 years since we have seen fighting on the Brownsea lagoon but on Saturday we were lucky enough to witness it again. All shot with the Sigma 150-600
The fight starts by grabbing each other by the beak
and quickly escalates to violence with one trying to stab the other
and then one jumps up onto the others back and tries to push him under the water trying to "drown" him
The whole thing is over in under a minute before one wanders off and goes back to feeding as if nothing has happened, until a few minutes later another comes in the try his luck
stan
The fight starts by grabbing each other by the beak
and quickly escalates to violence with one trying to stab the other
and then one jumps up onto the others back and tries to push him under the water trying to "drown" him
The whole thing is over in under a minute before one wanders off and goes back to feeding as if nothing has happened, until a few minutes later another comes in the try his luck
stan
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