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Goldcrest bathing: impressions

Goldcrest bathing: impressions

Happy Valley, Great Malvern. The tree-shaded road leading up the Malvern Hills from the town has a small stream or ditch running down the side. A goldcrest made a very brief dive into the stream, bathing itself.

Goldcrest bathing: impressions

My camera had been left on settings which were right for the bright sunlight beyond the shade of the trees. The bird’s dip was so brief I didn’t have time to alter the settings. Result, these two snatched shots. Impressionist pictures, with the ghost of the goldcrest in the ghost of the stream.