Sunday 19th August 2012

Today Chris and I decided to head to Smeale. The tide was going to be quite high (though, with no wind behind it, was unlikely to fill the beach lagoon) but, yesterday there had been a lot of waders on the beach so, there was a good chance of pictures.

When we arrived, we were early for the tide so, I decided to go for a walk as the heath was looking rather nice with the heather.

I saw (I think) a moth, that intent on taking nectar from a thistle, it ignored me as I took some pictures

I then went onto the beach and found myself a place to sit near to where one of the lagoons had been. All that is left is rotting seaweed - not very pleasant but, the waders like it. After some time a large group of waders landed on the ridge and started working towards me. At that point I noticed some people walking along the beach. The birds tend to be flighty and did not stay as they approached so, a quick flight shot was all I managed