Psilos Bird Photography

The Pink feet of Martinmere

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There are few wildlife spectacles that really stick in my mind quite like the pink feet of Martinmere. Watching skein after skein drop in is amazing enough but watching thousands of geese suddenly startled by a passing tractor and all lift off together is truely spectacular. The clap of thousands of pairs of wings along with their startled calls is quite deafening. How they avoid flying into each other is anyones guess. It is truely a marvel of aviation navigation.
 
 
 
 
 
The pink feet stay as a very large flock and can be seen circling round in the distance. Once they have calmed down the majority make their way back and land on the mere once more where I can sit and enjoy their beauty once more.