At a first glance, the extensive mud flats at Snettisham appear devoid of birds at low tide but looking more closely we found Oystercatcher and Ringed Plover pulling out worms and a Curlew catching a crab. Further along Common Terns were snatching small fish from a creek and taking them back to islands on the gravel pits behind the beach. Most have finished breeding but one male tried to insist a female accepted his gift - in vain. Later an Egret was tossing a small invertebrate of some type.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Snettisham Wader Spectacular
The predicted high tide arrived an hour early this morning due to strong onshore wind so the Knot (top image) followed by the Black-tailed Godwits soon filled the shingle island in the gravel pits at Snettisham. I tried some slower shutterspeeds (1/50th) . The waders stayed at the roost for a full three hours after high tide but eventually lifted and were off.
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