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At the beginning of August I like to visit a favourite wader roost near to Southport. Around this time the waders are beginning to return from their Arctic breeding grounds. A couple of weeks ago there was a favourable tide and I was looking forward to a return to the coast hopefully to catch up with the returning waders. I arrived about an hour before high water and I could see in the distance the unmistakeable flocks of waders as they flew around as the tide advanced up the beach.<\/p>\n
It was quite a long walk to reach this quiet part of the coastline and as access was difficult it meant that there was not a lot of disturbance from the usual dog walkers etc. It turned out to be an excellent session with many thousands of waders present most of these being knot. A lot of the knot were still in summer plumage and looked splendid in their summer finery.<\/p>\n
I was able with a careful and quiet approach to get quite close to the large concentrations of knot and obtain some excellent images. A man approached from the opposite direction with an Alsatian dog but they were both well behaved and there was little disturbance. A good number of grey plovers and bar tailed godwits and one or two groups of sanderling were also present.<\/p>\n
The birds gradually moved away as the tide began to ebb and I left them to enjoy the peace and the food waiting on this rich stretch of the Lancashire coastline.Thanks for looking in and I will return soon with more from my travels.<\/p>\n
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