Sunday, October 04, 2009
Farlington Marshes
We drove down to Farlington and arrived just in time for lunch! It was a pleasant afternoon with a slight breeze - a welcome change from the windy weather of yesterday.
The lagoon was full of waders: mostly redshanks, dunlins, grey plovers, ringed plovers, and black-tailed godwits. At least five snipe were foraging along the edge of the reedbeds, and a kingfisher attracted quite a lot of interest from passers-by. Greger took this photo with the P90.
Strings of Brent geese flew across Langstone Harbour, and Greger spotted a whimbrel among the many curlews. The tide was going out, so we had only distant views of three Sandwich terns.
By chance, I clicked the shutter just as this one emerged from a dive.
While nothing special was seen, it was an enjoyable walk along the sea-wall with a stirring soundtrack of the calls of curlews, oystercatchers, and ringed plovers. // posted by Christine @ 1:51 PM 
