Could this be a Whimbrel?
Getting a little fed up with encroaching water
No walking along there today
The lane at the far end is usually where I come down to look at the beach - I hadn't checked the tide book before starting out, good thing I came around to walk on the other side.
Not sure what a few of these waders are, can anyone put a name to them? No. 1
No. 2
I did too many yesterday so will only put a couple more today
I thought these were pintail but they have red legs??
Any id's would be good, thanks
Gaynor
gaynorsl said:they would have been flying low - apparently!!!
Don't you believe it Gaynor, the experts say that to to make you feel daft when you don't hear/see what they say is there lol
And nice pics BTW :o) I agree with Hazel though, get out whilst you can!!
Like you Gaynor, although we are still on Tier 2 (unlike Gr. Manchester who go into Tier 3 Friday) we are tending to stay close to home as we are also lucky to have such wonderful parkland around us with plenty of walks nearby. Today a bonus as we were told the Glasshouse (hi tech office rental) new office building which is ten minutes walk away has a café that office staff and residents can use which is very quiet with only a few office workers around even at lunchtime and they do great coffee and range of sandwich/wraps/baked potato/soup, etc., (and bacon or sausage ciabatta's for those who want !) It almost felt like back to normal life for half a hour as we called in after our local walk so think we'll be making good use of the nearby facilities; there is also a restaurant on the science park ..... and a new Gastro pub due to open (with usual restrictions) next month. It's bonus all round as we find our feet whilst being able to stay very local. I love the cafe we found today as it employs only homeless people to operate the café and gives them training as Baristas for the coffee machine; although the prices are very very reasonable, profits go to the homeless so win win all round :)
I will put a few more photos up from the other day down at the beach. I had posted 19 but the message came up that there were too many and maximum is 5120 kb so I had to cut it down.
This egret was fishing in what is usually a small stream leading down to the beach
Sort of burst it's banks just to the left and flooded out onto the place where we park our cars on the beach.
At the top of the river it flooded into the field forming a pool for playing or snoozing in
This little one said "I'm dry up here".
I have more egret pics but maybe this is enough for now