Rye Meads.. in sunshine and warmth

Am up in Essex for the weekend and today I went to Rye Meads.  Saw 2 Green Sandpipers, and then, on the camera, 6 Snipe which had eluded me...

But the following posed beautifully for me...

Shoveller having a wing stretch

And an obliging blue tit... who enjoyed the sun as much as I did..