A lot of Knot going on

A dry and mainly sunny day with a fresh west wind.

North shore

I watched the tide cover the skear this morning (Malcolm)

Pale-bellied Brent goose 4

Dark-bellied Brent goose 1

They started in the SE skear corner. The recent strong winds have left plenty of broken weed there.

One dark and 2 pale-bellied Brent geese

Eider 63

Several small groups of Eider headed further north

Red-breasted Merganser 14

Female Red-breasted Merganser

Oystercatcher 1,000 ended up along the tideline 

Curlew 10

Bar-Tailed Godwit 1

Redshank 400

Knot 1,000 were on the skear and moved to the waterline when the tide moved them off, but today's tide was coming in so quickly that in 10 minutes the tide had covered the mud and the Knot left to the south. A few flags were seen including one new one for this winter.

Turnstone 360 - three large flocks plus others scattered around 

Male House Sparrow looking out to sea.

Heliport (Howard)

2,500 Knot roosting at high water, several flags read.

This shot is from a couple of days ago when there were also c2,500 Knot

These are today's shots

When they are all hiding each others legs, sometimes aerial shots are
the only option 

A couple of shots from Janet

Greenfinch and Wood Pigeon 

Just out of interest, the Forster's Tern seen here on Friday is now on the Wyre