Up close and personal with yet another GREY PHALAROPE!

I just cannot resist the temptation of a GREY PHALAROPE and when I heard that yesterday's Farmoor 1 Reservoir's bird was still present, I had to get over there today and see it. They are such beautiful birds, so delicate and precious. I laid down and had the privelege of the bird swim to within inches of me - I felt the ripples from its incessant feeding. Heaven! Here is just a small selection of the 400 or so images I took today of one of my favourite birds.....