Sunrise 08:00 Sunset 16:03 GMT
It was mixed weather this morning the wind and rain had almost gone from overnight and the sun was trying to come through.
Yesterday we decided to take a detour round Poole park and see if we could find a different way to the hospital on our daily visit and we found a better route. I was surprised to see a lot of birds on the mud where the tide had gone out close to the shore so today I took my camera. It gave me a chance to practice on moving subjects although I was shooting into the sun most of the time, it was a challenge. We only had a little time but the list of birds I can remember shows some of the species we saw.
- Curlews
- Redshanks
- Egrets
- Coots
- Swans
- Oyster catcher
- Gulls of various sorts
- Cormorants
- Magpie
- Pigeons!
We were amused to see some of the waders stomping up and down with their feet which encouraged worms to come to the surface and so the birds had a meal, very clever. We had never seen so many Coots before there was a large flock of them farther out of the shore, there must have been 30 or more.
