Saturday, 14 November 2026

Wildfowl and Waders

It's quite a while since I posted anything and despite me getting excited before about the massive increase in blog views I realised that it will be data centres scraping information rather than genuine viewers so I kind of lost heart a little bit. However I know that there are some genuine viewers out there too so here I am, back with a massive photo dump, firstly with a few images from a pleasant visit to Martin Mere and then a bigger selection of wading birds from the beach at Hoylake and Meols earlier today.

The first image shows a male Pochard, the second is a male Ring-Necked Duck  ( I had thought it was a tufted duck initially but closer inspections shows it is a ring necked duck which I don't think I had seen before) and that is followed by a beautiful Whooper Swan.

Thereafter there is a selection of waders which include Common Redshank, Black Tailed Godwits, Knot and what may be a Curlew Sandpiper in flight. There may be some other small waders mixed in the backgrounds but I haven't tried to identify those.























 

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