Spoonbills.

 

I along with another volunteer took 8 visitors on a "Spoonbill Experience Walk" at RSPB Fairburn Ings today.

This was part of our view. Lots of cormorants in the trees to the left of the ones in the photo.As the spoonbills are the last to arrive, the cormorants, grey herons, little and cattle egrets have all taken the best nesting sites.

 we saw several spoonbills on their nests and the young ones. we also saw spoonbills feeding and flying.

After the walk I went down to the Lin Dike end of the reserve. The highland cattle were near the footpath so i was able to get a few pictures of the cattle egrets.

From the viewing screen I saw a couple of black-tailed godwits.