Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland

[nan]

The koot looks different without its red bobble alice band..

The swans in flight is super - it looks like one swan that is duplicated to follow the flight..

A new one for me is the fieldfare - does it have the size of a dove ?

the Fieldfare, yes almost the size of a Dove, a little bit bigger than a Black Bird
the Swans did so much noise passing above my head... I was a bit scared -O
We have too a Koot with red, but never saw
thank you Amoli

thank you pooky, the Rail is very difficult to see (it heard click-clack of the camera) and has a tiny black chick... that I can't have a picture maybe next time

[Flutterby]

Some lovely pics nan!! Love the swans.

[Lisbeth]

What a lot of nice birdies you saw, Nan. The rail is great and I have never seen a grebe actually catch a fish -O -O

[Pumbaa]

Thanks so much nan,

a really enjoyable watch

[nan]

the Swan with its juvenil is really lovely

me nor, I haven't saw a Grebe with a so big fish

thank you Flutts, Liz and Pumbaa

[Mel]

You really get some nice bird species down there, nan.
At the moment I work a lot with my bird book and often I see that
species occur in your region (read southern Europe) but would never
be seen in my part of the world.

Really enjoying your outings!

[nan]

here is the Little Bittern/Blongios nain



it's a very, very rare bird here is Switzerland, only 33-38 cm so hard to see, and have picture
I've got some, but I'm afraid that... this one is the best...

I will post some others tomorrow

[Richprins]

Thanks, nana, sorry I don't get to your pond often enough...

Looks like you can see its bum in the water reflection!

[nan]

ya... the bum... in the water ... well almost

[Toko]

lovely cute thing, well spotted , I haven't seen one here for a long time

BTW: Have you ever seen the blue ones?