stork billed kingfisher perched over the river

another view…unfortunately partially hidden by branches

arriving at the first hide after the bridge, the ponds were a hive of activity with this grey heron lording it over a flock of whimbrels

redshanks were prominent

greenshank in foreground with redshanks behind

and then from the elevated hide, a flash of colour and noise…

a pair of flame backed woodpeckers…

the male with his resplendent red crest..

and the female also posed willingly

more greenshanks

and then from afar, I saw this big white stork and thought it was a Painted Stork…but on looking again, looks to be a Milky Stork instead..

Milky Stork with Lesser Egret

heading back across the bridge, needlefish were plentiful

there was even a crocodile

and the last bird of the morning…a little heron watching over everything

there are a couple of ponds next to the visitor centre and if you stop for a while, you will almost certainly see the monitor lizard sunning himself

you will also see interesting fish like this snakehead

and this gorgeous ?tilapia like fish

and another