The Knot flocks particularly on Grune Point over the high tides have been particularly impressive over the past month ...
Oystercatcher numbers there have also been high and a leucistic bird has lingered with the flock ...
While the northern breeding waders were still distinctly in winter mode, Ringed Plovers seemed to think that spring was in the air and some lovely display was going on ...
Golden Plovers are elusive on some days but at other times great flocks wheel around the skies or loaf on the wet sand of the Wampool at Anthorn ...
... and three Ruff consorted with the Lapwing flock there ...
A juvenile Marsh Harrier put in an appearance ...
... and a juvenile female Hen harrier too ...
... and to add to the raptor-fest a male Merlin perched near the waters edge at Port Carlisle before heading northwards into Sotland ...
... and another two (or perhaps the same birds as at Anthorn) Ruff fed among the Redshank at Campfield ...
It was a very welcome sight to see eleven Whooper Swans at Walby, my first sighting of them there this winter ... a family party with three juveniles
... and some adults ...
