BIRD NEWS:607

 

Liz and I went for a walk and passed Rustington beach, where we spotted this group of birds. We were not close enough to see for sure - but thought them to be either turnstones or oyster catchers. My old camera would have got a decent enough pic to have told us, but...

After strolling along the coast and getting refreshments, we turned into the boating lake as I wanted to see if there were any swans....and we found some.

HERE is a link to a guide on swans in the UK

There were a pair on the island - where one sat on a nest while the other guarded it...and preened. Plenty of gulls and mallards and coots and moorhens - and the odd pigeon - were also in situ.

HERE is a link to gull identification.

I took a shot showing both - though the nesting swan is more or less hidden to the camera view - only visible to the naked eye - or a decent camera.

This one did not come out too well either - but you can just see the swan on the nest.

Over the other side of the lake are another pair - possibly last years young.