Last Sunday at Slimbridge

[wellinghall]

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[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

These are wonderful. I especially liked the close-up of feathers (on a back?) and the first two - the calmly meditative bird, and the one with long curving beak and spots of greenery. Thank you!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The back is, I think, of a male Goldeneye duck; the meditative bird is a black-headed gull in winter plumage; and the upturned bill belongs to an avocet.

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ("Avocet" sounds like it ought to be the name of a particularly streamlined and fuel-efficient aircraft.)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Well, there is this -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Avocet

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

And this -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocet_ProJet

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

Oh, brilliant! :D Thanks!!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You're welcome :-)