AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
Oystercatcher Amongst Knot
At Snettisham in Norfolk , the biggest tide of the year forced thousands of birds to leave the mudflats where they were feeding soon after sunrise, creating one of Britain's greatest wildlife spectacles. I photographed this oystercatcher surrounded by knot at their hide tide roost, after waiting almost two hours for the oystercatcher to wake up. A small aperture was necessary to get all the birds in focus.
F/16, 1/800th second, ISO 800
Accepted: Smethwick 2023
