Whirling Birds, Snettisham
This is the second photograph for Flickr from the ‘whirling wader’ spectacle at the RSPB site at Snettisham. As we walked to the shore line, an estimated 160,000 birds took flight. The incoming high tide pushed them off the mudflats. As the tide receded, the birds all came back. It was totally mesmerising. Clearly the birds (knots, ducks, seagulls, geese) had to quit the mud flats. I’ve read that the birds’ elaborate display confuses predators. However, as they whirled round the sky, I concluded that the birds were spectacularly and noisily enjoying themselves. As was I.
Whirling Birds, Snettisham
This is the second photograph for Flickr from the ‘whirling wader’ spectacle at the RSPB site at Snettisham. As we walked to the shore line, an estimated 160,000 birds took flight. The incoming high tide pushed them off the mudflats. As the tide receded, the birds all came back. It was totally mesmerising. Clearly the birds (knots, ducks, seagulls, geese) had to quit the mud flats. I’ve read that the birds’ elaborate display confuses predators. However, as they whirled round the sky, I concluded that the birds were spectacularly and noisily enjoying themselves. As was I.