Gloomy.......again!

A cold misty day. A light SE breeze.

Middleton Nature Reserve main pond (Malcolm)

Mute pair plus 1 immature.

The immature bird starting to display the grace associated with swans 

Mallard 25

Gadwall 31

Moorhen 2

Little grebe 1

South shore (Malcolm)

I walked out to the waterline from Ocean Edge.

Shelduck 5

Wigeon 3 

Eider 2

Eider pair with Dunlin on the shore

Waders on/near the waterline

Oystercatcher 50

Curlew 30

Bar-Tailed Godwit 2

Grey Plover 23

Knot just 8

Dunlin 500

This shot taken at 12:00, the lights on the StenaLine a testimony to today's title 

Dunlin, Knot, Grey Plover and Oystercatcher.
The south sea wall in the background 

Dunlin and Grey Plover coming in to land

Grey Plover, Knot and Dunlin.

I normally think of Grey Plover out here as being sedate, but today they were quite animated. This, combined with the grey monotone gave the impression of the old black and white, silent movies.

Redshank 66 near the saltmarsh 

There were no Knot seen on the skear earlier.

Pete Checked the heliport roost and there were none there either.

Pale-bellied Brent goose c11 on Red Nab

Other stuff from today's WeBS - Jean

9100 Oystercatchers on the heliport sea wall. 

162 Wigeon at Red Nab. 

51 Cormorant on the wooden jetty.