And no, it is not nice and sunny... it is gloomy, dank and overcast... but we do have a superb flock of 24 Avocets out on the pools. They are obviously fresh in as they are communal feedin in a tight bunch and following this up with a quick doze in a huddle. Very difficult to count... lots of legs...

and there are eight Oystercatchers on the Marshland Discovery Zone scrape again as we speak...

Oiks... images by Brenda Clayton

9-3-13

Howard Vaughan, Information Officer