Water birds
I spend an inordinate amount of time sitting close to water - lakes, lagoons, rivers… I find time beside these very calming and peaceful. It is my favourite habitat of all, and so the birds that live there are among my favourites.
This grouping is particularly arbitrary! Kingfishers, Herons, and waders all appear in their own sections of this site.
Great crested grebe. Buckinghamshire, UK. August 2024
African jacana. hope river, Botswana. March 2024
Reed cormorant. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Water thick-knee. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Cape cormorant. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
African skimmer. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
Great crested grebe. Buckinghamshire, UK. August 2024
African jacana. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
African skimmer. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
African skimmer. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
Sooty tern. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Whistling duck. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
Water thick-knee. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
African skimmer. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
African jacana. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
Water thick-knee. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
Purple swamp hen. Intaka island, South Africa. February 2018
African skimmer. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
Cormorant. Eton, UK. September 2023
Swan. Eton, UK. September 2023
Cormorant. Tagus estuary, Portugal. February 2018
Egyptian goose. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Dipper. Edinburgh, UK. March 2020
African skimmer. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
African skimmer. Chobe river, Botswana. November 2023
African jacana. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Cormorant. Eton, UK. September 2023
Coots. Obidos lagoon, Portugal. February 2018
Dipper. Edinburgh, UK. March 2020
Water thick-knee. Chobe river, Botswana. March 2024
Purple swamp hen. Tagus estuary, Portugal. March 2020
Black-winged stilt. Obidos lagoon, Portugal. April 2024