ANOTHER SHAG DAY

I do love these birds - they're great in flight & its such an interesting time for them at the moment as they are nest gathering for the forthcoming breeding. - diving for sticks for their nests and flapping around attracting their mates. I caught this one taking off to return to roost.  I often get them with a fish in their mouth but they are spending more time at the moemtn with sticks in their mouths.  I did get some like this today, but i liked this one in flight the best. - There is an extra .with one in flight coming towards the camera. Its quite difficult to get a good one in this mode as the camera focus system has difficulty in recognising it coming towrds it.
There will be some more shags to come this month.
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