Salt Marshes Day 2

Day 2 up at Silverdale after a disappointing lack of sightings yesterday.      This morning it was bright and sunny so decided to head to the salt marsh area first.   Mainly black-headed gulls but did see a handful of Avocets,  distant Little Egrets and Black-tailed Godwits.          

Not really what I was expecting to see wading     LOL 

then one tried to join us in the hide   !!!

Black-headed Gulls were plentiful .......      I rather like them with their white eye ring, gentle amber eyes and chocolate head ;)

this cosy couple were bill to bill, one coaxing the other to regurgitate some food  !

Some places need an extra special effort to reach when it comes to preening ......................     

looks like this one is standing on a fish with a goose head !

land this one is landing on full speed with tail stream   !!     

Whoaaaah   !!     heading off course at full speed ..............         

 (I haven't got a clue where planet Jupiter came from - it wasn't anywhere in photo edit !  )    spooky ! 

and managed to land off the runway ! 

The Audrey Hepburn of birds next...........the Avocet 

2 Oystercatchers arrived -  this was the tall lanky one with two carrots for a bill  !

the path to the salt marsh where the reeds have grown so tall you can't see the birds they are so well hidden  !      

and yes the sky was that blue this morning :)