It threatened rain all day, but the only shower was just after lunch. A fresh west wind.
Only my stuff so far (Malcolm), and I only managed one outing today.
South shore 09:00 - 10:15
I started at the saltmarsh at high water, hoping that there would be a large group of gulls on the mud. But there were just a handful of Black-Headed and Common gulls.
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| Black-Headed and Common gulls at the edge of the saltmarsh |
Red Nab wasn't much better!
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| Plenty of gulls on Red Nab, but I could only find two Mediterranean gulls |
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| Mediterranean gulls (centre both shots) |
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| One of four Little Egrets |
Oystercatcher 1000+
Curlew 150+ were arriving all the time from the north side
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| Curlew |
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| Just as I was leaving Red Nab one of the Power Station steam relief valves blew. All the birds lifted, probably after their own relief valves blew! |
Rock Pipits 2 on Red Nab
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| The Sea Lavender on Red Nab is looking nice |
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| Mediterranean gull flying back to Red Nab |
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| Three Pied Wagtails sheltering from the wind on the foreshore |

















































