Walking the track on the south side ... and suddenly some movement among the scattered stones ahead ... a flock of around ninety Twite fed among the stones then moved closer to the edge of a pool ...
... so often this species is way out on Skinburness Marsh ... but flighty as always, today they were giving unusually close views ...
... then off again and landing in a very wet area next to the channel ...
... as the tide came in a growing number of Red-breasted Mergansers mustered near the entrance to the channel where the water formed a choppy surface as the water flows competed ... their crests blown into bizarre shapes by the wind ...
... as number grew to a total of twenty-two some lovely displaying started ...
A female Merlin was perched on the ground well out on the marsh ... it took off, disappearing into a channel before reappearing to find another vantage point ...
Very distantly out in Moricambe Bay some ninety Pintail formed a raft as wind and waves cut up the surface even more ...
Wigeon were dotted around in groups, some out in the bay and some on the grassy shore mingling with Curlew ...
By the Anthorn Masts several thousand Golden Plover stood in the grassland, first in one place then inexplicably moving to another ... some Lapwings and Dunlin ( performing their role as 'Plover's Page' ) in attendance ...
As the light faded in the bay to the east of Port Carlisle two Little Stints were among the gathering wader flocks that came in on the falling tide ... sometimes in among the other waders ...
... and sometimes wandering into open areas ...
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