New Barns & Blackstone Point

The view towards Grange from New Barns, usually the turning point on Gus's evening walk along the estuary.  But this evening I had a little burst of energy that took us as far as Blackstone Point - see the Extra for Gus on (what I think) is the old wharf there.  

The estuary was dotted with herons and on the way back I noticed for the first time how every heron has its own distinctive shriek.  We know that individual birds have their own distinctive voices, but not always so distinctive that the human ear can detect a difference.

A good day that included a quick trip to Leighton Moss with Simon and distant views of a plastic-bag bird*.  We were expecting a few passage migrants amongst the waders on the coastal pools, but we didn't see any among the lapwings, redshanks and godwits.  In the evening there was a common sandpiper piping from a creek at New Barns, so perhaps they are already on the move south.

* An alternative name for a Spoonbill after two birders I knew of who spent an hour or so stalking one that turned out to be a big white plastic bag.

Backblipped on 23 July.