After spending a good half hour watching this bird feeding well on beetles, we decided to make our way nearer to the coast to do some wader watching. We ended up at a place called Little Sea where we were able to spend some time looking through wader flocks to see if we could come up with something more unusual. We didn't manage anything along those lines, but we did see Redshank, Greenshank, Black-tailed and Bar-tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Curlew, Whimbrel, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatchers and Little Egrets.
Most of the waders were too far away for photography, but I did manage to snap this Oystercatcher and that has been cropped quite heavily.
On the way home, we stopped at some heathland to see if we could see Woodlark or Dartford Warbler. No go on those, but the heather and gorse looked wonderful.
6 comments:
Fantastic seeing the Lesser Grey Shrike..
That heathland look great. I can almost smell the heather and the heady scent of the gorse.
Beautiful scenery Jenny! I get the Northern Shrike here most winters. I love to see him but when he catches a chickadee it is a little sad! Still one of my favorites. I'll have to find one of my pictures.
Sounds like a great day out Jenny, I'm looking forward to the shorebirds returning here.
What a beautiful hillside! Glad you saw your bird, even if you didn't get a picture.
Hi Alan, yes I love the scent of gorse too, unfortunately it reminds me of suntan lotion!!! Still love it though. (-:
Hi Eve, we have your northern shrike here too, only in the wintertime. They're a very charasmatic bird.
Hi Duncan, I should use the word shorebirds as I much prefer it to the word waders and it is more appropriate anyway! Not long before shorebird time over there I guess.
Hi Mary, yes I was thrilled to see this bird and it was great that it was actively feeding too.
You lucky person Jennifer.
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