The adult Avocets are quite striking in appearance:
When they're feeding they walk through a shallow pool trawling the bottom for things to eat:
Sometimes it looks like they're really digging deep!
I was watching two adults with two chicks. Some of the time they stayed close together:
But they were also happy to be separated by quite a distance, though I assume the parents were keeping a close eye out for danger.
The chicks really do look like they are carefully watching and copying the parents!
I did of course go and see how the Black Headed Gull chicks were doing. They're growing up a bit, but unlike the Avocets, they prefer to sit and wait for the parents to bring food to them.
They have at least figured out that they can go and get a drink by themselves!
I wasn't sure about this pair of gulls, maybe they weren't breeding this year, or weren't successful?
They do look to be good friends though!
I saw a Redshank again, and this time it landed right in front of the bird hide, so I got some better pictures:
A Tufted Duck was around again too:
And an Oyster Catcher too:
I was also pleased to get a photo of a Sandwich Tern in flight:
This isn't such a good photo, but I wanted to include it because the Tern appears to not really be looking where it is going!
Finally, a pleasant sunset as I walked back to the car...
Mike
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