My 3 Special Birds of 2017. All Fly Flatts.

 CASPIAN GULL     First sighting over the water.

                      Taken hand held in very windy conditions

                                     

                                           Heading off >SW

 GREAT WHITE EGRET.      In from the >SW

                     Overhead >NE

                                    Again hand held. No time to erect tripod.

 OSPREY. High and distant mobbed with Lapwings and Curlews

         Panic shots on random settings as just got out of car.

                                                           Off >SW towards Cold Edge.

Images thanks to my best mate Big Bertha ( Canon 7d Mk2 + Sigma sport 150-600  mm )

Fly Flatts may be a rough patch to watch but it certainly has its moments.
BS