Spurn walk

Black Red, 2 Shorelarks, Sanderling and Turnstone from an abortive bluetail treck to Spurn Point yesterday; the Canon 7D2 drives me mad; when it works it produces nice images but its inconsistency in the auto-focus department is just ridiculous

bird action around the seals

the humble Turnstone

Turnstone and Cormorant

you can tell when a day is going to be a disaster when you hit the first traffic jam 3 miles from home -- memo AVOID Humber Bridge to Beverley 52 weeks of roadworks 30 mph if you ever make it above 5mph -- 25 minutes for 8 miles on way and 30 minutes the other -- memo 2 avoid Scarborough dug up, traffic lights that are designed to inflict maximum delay, 300 roundabouts per mile and 100's of people even on a Wednesday --

a few northern waders

Turnstones

I was trying to show Turnstones turning stones but its not that easy -- the light was pretty dire in spite of a forecast of afternoon sun --

Turnstone, Med Gull and Iceland Gull

Turnstones

the omnivorous and highly sociable scavenger