A Wood Sandpiper being alert, a Common Sandpiper and Little Ringed Plover feeding nearby. Habitat perfect for mysterious 'never seen before' rails.
A little connected body of water with some of it's favorite guests : Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, White-breasted Waterhen, Common Snipe, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper among others. Higher up are Oriental Darter, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Brahminy Kite, Osprey, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Changeable Hawk Eagle and Peregrine Falcon. (Disclaimer : not all on the same day!)
We either took the long way via the log bridge, maneuvering amongst log strewn jammed up river to get to Prawn ponds, or bend over backwards by a large deep ditch under the fence, definitely not meant for the less dainty amongst us, to get across for a glimpse of the ponds.
It took a massive brush fire in the area to reveal a perfectly walkable path opposite the ponds, having burnt to dust the tall grass which concealed it previously. It was there all along, and we could actually comfortably stroll the entire length of the path which is parallel to the ponds with perfectly unobstructed view of the ponds, the grounds around it as well as the natural perches in the area.
Now, isn't that already worth a revisit. Maybe add that the presence of a mysterious dark-chocolate colored rail which always flit around between the grass and the shallow watery ditch just before sunset. It made a quick dash across again yesterday ... definitely dark-chocolate with no patch of white anywhere. I dare say it's days of being mysterious is obviously numbered!
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