Wader Watching

This week has seen some high tides along the Lancashire coast and I made a couple of visits to a favourite high tide wader roost near Southport. A half hour walk is needed to reach the area and it's remoteness means the waders are not disturbed too much as they rest during the high tide.This week it was very quiet and the weather was cold but dry which was very favourable for the camera.I spent a very enjoyable couple of hours either side of high water and was able to capture some nice images of the waders coming and going to their roosting sites. The vast majority of the birds were knot but there were also good numbers of bar tailed godwits,oystercatchers and grey plovers.I am hoping to get closer to the birds on the next series of high tides and maybe obtain a few close ups of this fascinating group of birds.