On bank Holiday Monday I popped into Rainham Marshes for the day. There had been masses of good birds the previous two days, which were long gone by then! There were however loads of marsh frogs.
I wanted a low angle shot, but the boardwalks and paths are 50cm or so above water level. luckily there was a (fox?) trail leading to the waters edge and I managed this shot of one.
Further on in the reserve I came across this large marsh frog basking out of the water.
So I put the teleconvertor on for some closer shots.
But my best shots of the day were when I got to the trail to the waters edge again, where a marsh frog was sitting nice a close without an annoying reed reflection to ruin the shot!.
The other species that was around in good numbers was the migrant hawker dragonflies. There must have been 100+ around, with a large swarm flying around the end of the boardwalk near the Ken Barrett hide. below this swarm were a number of migrant hawkers perched in a bush, I’ve never seen so many perched together.
