Knot
A flock of knot flying past the Hoylake promenade. Interestingly, one of them still has remnants of its red summer plumage.
The waders had a very hard time on this high tide because the water levels were so high that they couldn't land for over an hour around high water. Forced into the air they faced very strong winds plus the attentions of a peregrine falcon that despite (or because) of the vast numbers (about 100,000) of waders didn't seem to catch anything.
Knot
A flock of knot flying past the Hoylake promenade. Interestingly, one of them still has remnants of its red summer plumage.
The waders had a very hard time on this high tide because the water levels were so high that they couldn't land for over an hour around high water. Forced into the air they faced very strong winds plus the attentions of a peregrine falcon that despite (or because) of the vast numbers (about 100,000) of waders didn't seem to catch anything.