Friday, August 15, 2014
The barmy army has landed! These oystercatchers sped along the beach and over the river and back as the tide ebbed, shrieking hysterically without a pause. They were still "t-peep-t-peeping" after they'd alighted, but the racket gradually faded, until they had subsided one by one into silence.
There were still many turnstone and ringed plover present, which flew across the river from their high-tide roost on the golf-course spit as the water receded. These turnstone may be fresh from breeding-grounds well to the north; they have a hunched look, as though they find it a bit chilly here. Yep, welcome to Scotland, guys!
Also present: two dunlin, two redshank, one common sandpiper, one wheatear, one linnet, and one twite.
// posted by Christine @ 9:32 AM 
