Pintails and a whale

Leighton Moss - again.  determined to photograph the starling murmuration (Blip's spell-checker doesn't like this word).  While we were waiting for dusk we visited the Eric Morecambe hide (local lad, keen bird-watcher) and this pair of pintails paddled by.  He's a really smart-looking fella. She's a bit drab-looking by comparison, but he loves her in, his ducky way, and that's what counts.


Thanks to a marsh harrier getting in the way we weren't very close to the starlings when they arrived, but close enough for a couple of photos.  I think this one looks like a whale.