spent some time trying to get some flight shots of this manic Little Ringed Plover on Waters' Edge---when not displaying to his mate or making noisy display flights he attacked anything nearby--at one stage he ran across 6m of open ground and jumped on a Woodpigeon! 

display calling continuously 

LRP 

male Little Ringed Plover in display flight 

here a Redshank comes in for some chasing 

this manic male chased anything which moved near his prospective female including hirundines and swifts 

pair of Little Ringed Plovers--male on the left getting excited 

Mr manic 

second summer Little Gull Waters' edge this afternoon 

first-summer Little Gull 

eight Little Gulls today--seven first-summer and one second 

another nice pink flushed bird 

turning inside out 

unusual positions number 22 

the second brood of cygnets hatched on Waters' Edge--here 2 of the 6 take a ride on mum's back 

this one cygnet was determined not to move under its own steam 

by the end of the day they had already lost one cygnet 

Garden Warbler Pasture Wharf 

large variation in tail moult amongst the first-summer Little Gulls 

pair of Shelduck 

Orange tips were fairly numerous today 

orange-tip 

10 Little Gulls today--9 first-summer and one second summer 

Turtle in rapid fly by 

just one pair of Turtle Doves nesting on the patch this year--contrast this with 14 pairs just 6 years ago and peak day counts of 100+ west in may 1977