Last of the sunshine for a while?

A dry day, probably the last for a while! The fresh south wind was biting.

North shore

Pale-bellied Brent goose 54 out from the play area - David Kaye

I checked the skear (Malcolm) 09:00 - 10:30

Pink-Footed goose a lone bird flew south

Pink-Footed goose

As I was walking out the Peregrines were causing havoc with the waders which in turn lifted the Brent geese, 12 ended up around the edges of the skear.

Three Brent geese

Four Brent geese headed off to the north

Eider 6

Four Eider arriving from the north

Red-breasted Merganser 5 together on the sea. The sea was quite choppy and they seldom all showed at once, so I took this short clip.

Shag 2 - one was only seen in flight, but the one seen resting on a rock was more mature than the juveniles that have been around.

Shag

Two of several Cormorants 

Little Egret 2

Oystercatcher 1,000 (the tide hadn't gone out far before I had to leave, likely more arrived later)

Curlew 6

Black-Tailed Godwit 3

Redshank 50 (more along waterline further south)

Knot 2,000 returned when the Peregrines left. A few flagged birds seen

Turnstone 40

Dunlin 15

Black-Tailed Godwit and Knot

I returned this afternoon as the tide was covering the skear again. 1,000 Knot were resting, but a Peregrine attacked cleared them all before I could check them.

Pale-bellied Brent geese flying from the north. Plus a Curlew 

The forecast isn't looking good for the week ahead.