Lesser Yellowlegs

[antoeknee]

Lesser yellowlegs, a rare vagrant from America. Only a handful occur each year.

Photographed this bird at RSPB Frampton Marsh last week.

Lesser Yellowlegs 2 by tblake2007, on Flickr

[Wings and Things]

That's a gem and beautifully captured. The detail is great even the sun catching the droplets on the bill.

[Bill53]

Great shot Ant, a truly outstanding capture.

[Trev B]

Fantastic capture Ant, well done. We had one down here some time back, first one ever I think for this area. I never managed to see it.

[antoeknee]

Thanks for fantastic comments. A lucky coincidence, we only decided to visit Frampton and Tchwell a few days before and weren't aware this bird was present. A lifer for us. Blessed with great weather for the 3 days too.
My trusty Sigma is still producing good images. Hoping the when (still waiting) I get my Canon 200-800 it proves to be good. From what I've read it's AF is far superior and IQ certainly better.

[Farider]

Brilliant shot Ant

Ian

[Daisy M]

Great shot Ant, another “ right place, right time”.

[antoeknee]

Brilliant shot Ant

Ian

Thanks Ian

[antoeknee]

Great shot Ant, another “ right place, right time”.

Thank you. Right place right time is probably more apt than you might guess.

I was quite puzzled by the balance of this image as the sun was behind the bird. The bird was showing in a pool close to the car park, in fact it was quite possible to sit in your car and watch it.

When I was taking this image there was a white coach parked at right angles to the bird no more than 15-20yds away and it would appear it was acting as a reflector.

[El Sid]

A rather excellent shot and a rare opportunity well and truly taken.

[Colin W]

Very nice photo, well done.