Whimbrel is a regular passage migrant in both the spring and autumn and they spend their time either feeding along the foreshore in amongst the seaweed or sometimes out on the meadows looking for worms. However at high tide, regradless of the time of year, they will fight for a high tide perch on one of the riverside posts that can viewed from the visitor centre.
Visitors are always amazed when myself or one of my volunteers confidently says, 'It will be high tide soon and they will appear!'
Whimbrels and a Lesser Black-backed Gull (Brenda Clayton)