On a recent field trip with the North Ayrshire RSPB Local Group, our last stop of the day was at Aberlady Bay Local Nature Reserve. Our main reason - to watch for the geese coming in to roost for the evening. In that regard we were very lucky, as over the hour or so watching out as the sun set, we managed to see the huge skeins of geese coming in from all directions.
However, one other highlight from that stop – and definitely the most unusual – was a juvenile moorhen. Take a look at this series of photos, bearing in mind that they are very grainy due to them being digiscoped with my phone camera, shortly after the sun had set.
Yes, this young moorhen was perched around 8 feet off the ground in a thicket of sea buckthorn eating berries! Fieldfares, redwings – sure, but we had never seen a moorhen like that before. Anyone else seen behaviour like this? So funny...
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