A trip to the beach is always a pleasant interlude from the pressures of life, and with the promise of a reasonable day, Dawn, Lol (DM's Dad) & I duly rolled up to a dropping tide and a biting cold wind.
But the wind dropped and the sun shone giving the water that flat calm you like to see, on a mill pool.
As the tide was dropping it had left frozen salt on the sand and one or two very large jelly fish about a meter across, blooming enormous and frozen solid. As the tidal sand pools began to form it was down to the foreshore for a bit of wader excitement.
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Dunlin were the most numerous waders on the freshly exposed areas. |
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Being very flighty at times. |
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Providing nice opportunities. |
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And some real close passes. |
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Sanderling were proving a little remote. |
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Hundred's of Oyster Catchers were moving along the coast. |
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A close pass from a Dunlin. |
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And a nice appearance of a Grey Plover kept things interesting. |
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Redshank were also moving around nicely. |
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Size comparison ? |
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This Godwit dropped in for a feed for a while.
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Rather than go on and on, I'll drop some more onto the next installment. What a fantastic day at the Seaside and over 3 or 400 Common Scoter on the flat water albeit far out to sea. Needless to say the Snow Buntings got another visit and it was as ever brill. More next week.
Paul