Some photos from my November Webs Count and video taken on 8/11/2022 when I managed to find some shelter from the strong winds at Montrose Basin, where many of the waders had too.
I did see a Great Northern Diver at East Haven and a good view of a Puffin but couldn't get any media in the choppy sea.
Recent studies have shown that disturbance on many beaches is affecting waders ability to feed, they are flushed and stressed on busy beaches. Walking dogs at low tide would help, but that isn't going to happen. Individuals only see their own actions and not all of the consequences over a day, and how that adds up. It's the same human reaction to climate change, most people I know think that their little bit won't make a difference because they can't understand, or care not to, but millions of small changes adds up to something significant. (that's a longer rant for another day)
Dunlin and Redshank, Maryton Bay Little Gull, Craigmill Great Egret and Herons
Little Gull photographed at Craigmill directly into the low afternoon sun
Oystercatchers with the light behind me
There were 57 Turnstones which is around the usual numbers at this time of year
Great Egret seen downstream from Maryton Ditch, eventually seen with five Little Egrets
These photos were at the limit of the P1000 on a dull windy day when the birds were probably 300 metres distant
I've not seen the putative Todd's Canada Goose for some time now, just this bird with two others in front of the old Shelduck hide (Branta canadensis). There were five at one stage but the Todd's wasn't with them.
At least 11 subspecies of Canada Goose have been recognized, although only a couple are distinctive. In general, the geese get smaller as you move northward, and darker as you go westward. The four smallest forms are now considered a different species: the Cackling Goose.
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