Here you will find some different waterbirds from the Max-Eyth-See and surrounding areas. Small and large birds which feed on fish and underwater vegetation. Springtime is when it gets very busy with new life, and nesting with new chicks making an appearance for the first time.
Common Grey Herons
Casual flip
Cool flip
Sometimes a bigger meal is needed
Herons are one of the larger waterbirds that are carnivorous, not only fish and frogs but voles and mice even rats, and more!
To watch them hunt is amazing with their precise and accurate stabbing motion to catch their prey, and then flip to position head first, then swallow their catch whole with ease.
Cormorants.
These waterbirds are the masters of scuba diving and chasing their prey, very good success rate and upon emerging from the depths, a flip of the fish to get head first is like their little party piece, and great if your able to catch one.
Wow! 2 fish
ooops!
Big lunch
The flip
Flying time
3 in a row fishing
Some other little waterbirds, some exotic and introduced from other countries.
Mandarin duck
Little Grebe
Coot
Great crested grebe
Feeding Moorhen chicks
Beautiful mandarin duck
Great crested grebe with 2 chicks
Female Mandarin duck
Male Mandarin duck
Merganser with her new chicks
Proud mama giving a ride for the chicks
Young black headed gull cruising, skimming the lakes for small fish and flies on the surface
Mallard drake duck, Max-eyth-see
Low flying mallard drake duck
Male & female tufted ducks, stop over in Stuttgart on their migration south. Feb 22
Little grebe chick resting
Flamingos, Algarve
Common sanderling, Algarve
Black-tailed godwit, Algarve
Flying spoonbill, Algarve
Mom teaching sygnet how to fly and land ... success
More images will be added very soon