Flying Godwits
I enjoyed going to RSPB Lodmoor in Weymouth so much that I decided to have another trip. I stopped off on the long journey along the coast from Devon to Kent in glorious weather.
A Black-Tailed Godwit was so close I could almost smell it:
![Black-Tailed Godwit - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RSPB-Lodmoor-The-Hall-of-Einar-2570-725x483.jpg)
I’m lying on the bank in the baked mud to get an eye-level shot of it:
![Black-Tailed Godwit - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RSPB-Lodmoor-The-Hall-of-Einar-2644-725x483.jpg)
That beak must be so incredibly sensitive to be able to feel all the invertebrates hidden deep in the mud under the water:
![Black-Tailed Godwit - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RSPB-Lodmoor-The-Hall-of-Einar-2657-725x483.jpg)
When it takes off against the glorious sky I’m delighted to get some shots of it. I particularly like this one with the shadow of the head projected onto the soft underside of the wing:
![Black-Tailed Godwit - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RSPB-Lodmoor-The-Hall-of-Einar-2572-725x483.jpg)
The other flight shots aren’t too shabby either:
Then it takes off again and lands in the same spot:
Then it’s time for a proper scratch of the chin.
![Black-Tailed Godwit - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RSPB-Lodmoor-The-Hall-of-Einar-2670-725x483.jpg)
I really must come here again, even if it is hours and hours out of my way. What’s the one place you would drive out of your way to see again?