On Monday my camera and I went on a birding visit to Two Tree Island, near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. We had a great time and saw many wading birds as it was low tide, but most of them were a long way off in the distance.
After spending some time watching the birds in the lagoon, this obliging Black-tailed Godwit came quite close to where I was perched behind some shrubbery.
As it waded towards me, it's feathers were blowing in the wind on one side.