during a quick visit to sligo bay thurs 2 hours after high tide, i was delighted to see around 30 brent geese-one wearing a metal band, right leg.
There were lots of oystercatchers and one was also wearing a similar band!
redshanks heron turnstones,maybe a greenshank.
It was a beautiful place. Ice crunched underfoot and the birds calling as they fed at the edge of the retreating tide.
Benbulben stood across the water in the distance with a snowy white top-bringing memories of a very strenuous climb last halloween.
I am increasingly content with my renewed interest in bird watching.
ideas of a better scope are tempting me - to be able to read the band codes and know the tremendous journeys these little birds have made.
it is a source of great mystery and leads me to reflect that we understand very little of our vast universe.
There were lots of oystercatchers and one was also wearing a similar band!
redshanks heron turnstones,maybe a greenshank.
It was a beautiful place. Ice crunched underfoot and the birds calling as they fed at the edge of the retreating tide.
Benbulben stood across the water in the distance with a snowy white top-bringing memories of a very strenuous climb last halloween.
I am increasingly content with my renewed interest in bird watching.
ideas of a better scope are tempting me - to be able to read the band codes and know the tremendous journeys these little birds have made.
it is a source of great mystery and leads me to reflect that we understand very little of our vast universe.