This morning dawned a beautiful spring day. The plan was to go to the Patawalonga to do some plane spotting. The Patawalonga is a small river that formerly drained the swamp that was reclaimed to build Adelaide Airport in the 1950s. It is now used recreationally by joggers, cyclists and dog walkers amongst others.
My main target was to get some photos of The Malaysian Airlines Airbus A330 in the Manchester United livery.
Shortly after it landed, I heard a Caspian Tern calling. This is the largest tern in the world, with a wingspan of up to 1 1/2 metres, and can be seen in Europe, Asia, North America, Africa and Australasia. In the end I saw at least five flying up and down the Patawalonga.
I was interupted by the arrival of the Qatar Boeing 777 arriving from Melbourne.
Futher up the river I saw some Pelicans, so wandered up to take some photots. As I approached them, a Great Egret flew in, followed by a Little Egret.
