I count 93 bar-tailed godwit that I watched fly in and land dead on High tide at 9.37 am but they were soon disturbed by two people paddle boarding and so some of the group flew East. I was keen to see where they had gone so walked along the edge of the Estuary only to see a smaller group of 19 fly back in V formation.
I then found the rest of the birds on a small difficult to observe shell bank surrounded by mangroves along with pied stilt and Variable oystercatcher. The birds seem jittery this morning.
I'm hanging off a cliff above high tide water with tripod and scope to count the birds and camera as a second check for later in case I have missed anything.
More to follow.....................