These are some of the Nenes I photographed at Slimbridge.
There were small groups tamely wandering around but I caught these three in a
narrow stretch of water flowing out onto the estuary. I thought at first I had
a ready made composition once the overhanging branches and the far bank of the
stream were put in. Now I’m not so sure.
Lately I’ve been looking at the illustrations in ‘Charles
Tunnicliffe’s Birdlife’. He had a wonderful gift for composition – placing his
groups of birds in a balanced design. There are the beginnings of a
relationship between the three birds but the arrangement is not working
properly yet.
Maybe reflections in the water will bring them together. Taking
a break has made me realise too that the left hand bird is too small.
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