Bank Island

 After taxi jobs and some shopping for next weeks holiday I managed to get to Bank Island late afternoon. From the first hide I could see a shoveler, several lapwing and 2 redshanks. A curlew flew in

had a few drinks of water and then walked to where the water was deeper for a bath, then flew off again.

This is the view from the second hide, still a bit of water available for the birds, but it is a fair distance away from the hide.

Lapwings were doing acrobatics and then spend some time feeding.

a female mallard was chased by 4 males, wherever she went they followed.

she flew off with the males in pursuit. Mute swan, grey herons, shelducks, shovelers, teal, a single snipe and 2 swallows made up my list for the couple of hours I spent there.