The sun broke through after a misty start. It remained dry till evening, then the rain started.
North shore from Knowlys Rd - mid morning (Pete)
Pale-bellied Brent goose 32
South shore
Janet had a walk along the sea wall, by that time, at least some of the Brent had moved to Red Nab.
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| Brent geese and Oystercatcher on Red Nab |
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| Wigeon landing |
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| The Egret has landed |
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| Curlew |
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| Turnstone, waiting for some stones to turn |
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| Cormorant |
I tried a different tactic today (Malcolm). I went out onto the shore from south of the recording area. One of the reasons was to see if there were any Sanderling about. I didn't see any. There were about 3,000 waders, mainly Knot and Dunlin with 200+ Bar-Tailed Godwit. As the tide rose they split, the Godwit, with c1,000 knot and 100 Dunlin flew north into the recording area. Whether my walking in that direction influenced them, I don't know, some days they do, some days they don't.
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| Some of the Bar-Tailed Godwit and Knot |
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| The Bar-Tailed Godwit in the centre still has a hint of rufous. |
The tide was coming in quickly, pushing them up the shore.
The sharp eyed amongst you may have caught a glimpse of a yellow flag in the midst of the crowd (just for a fraction of a second, 10 seconds into the clip). I only saw two colour coded birds today, fortunately I did manage to read this yellow one.
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The tide was coming in so quickly now that they didn't have time to
feed so they headed off to roost further south |
