Some overnight rain, but a dry sunny day. A freshening west - NW wind.
Saltmarsh to Red Nab (MD)
Just a quick check on the rising tide, unfortunately I couldn't stay to watch Red Nab be covered.
Wheatear 2 - these late birds tend to be "northern" birds. They are larger (some fly as far as Iceland and Greenland to breed), and they always seem more confiding. This one seemed as interested in me as I was in her, or perhaps, she could hear my noisy camera!
Rock Pipit 1 displaying male on Red Nab
Little Egret 2
Shelduck 1
Curlew 63 (10 on Red Nab, 53 feeding on mud in front of the rising tide)
Bar-Tailed Godwit 3
Turnstone 3
Swallow 1 north
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| This Seakale has been growing amongst the foreshore rubble for at least three years, but this year it has bloomed particularly well. |
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| Green Veined White on the saltmarsh |
Middleton Nature Reserve (Janet)
Just two shots of Broad-bodied Chasers before her camera broke down again! It's not been a good year for cameras.
Not a lot!
Eider 6 (1 female)
Great Crested Grebe 4
Little Egret 4
Curlew 3
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| Moulting Curlew |
Whimbrel 1
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| Whimbrel |
Turnstone 25
Oystercatcher c250
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| We tend to take the Oystercatcher for granted, but they are a handsome bird |
