Sunday, 30 October 2011

Point of Ayr at high tide, or just after.

2,000 oystercatchers, 500 curlew, 100+ black-tailed godwit, 50+ redshank, 3+ grey plover, 4+ dunlin, 100 black-headed gulls, 40+ herring gulls, 10+ lesser black-backed gulls, 10 teal, 30 mallard, 80+ shelduck, 20 wigeon, 20 cormorant, 1 kestrel (nice and fairly close on a ridge).

Excellent views and what a great afternoon!

Here is a distant shot of the female kestrel on the ridge in front of the shoreline.


and some of the approximately 2,000 oystercatchers,

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