Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) flock joining roosting Black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa) and ducks, RSPB Gowling Green Marsh Reserve, Devon, UK

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Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) flock landing to join others, Black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa) and mixed wildfowl roosting on partly frozen frozen, flooded marshland at high tide, RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Exe Estuary, Topsham, Devon, UK, January.

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Size: 7212px × 4808px
Location: Topsham, Devon, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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