Further along, we spotted oyster catchers.
We saw quite a few birds - mostly seagulls though.
Only sightable by zoom or noccies though.
What was that that we spotted in the grasslands?
Shelduck!
That brings us to the end of that trip - so I will leave this post with a mystery photo. What is this a picture of, can you see?
The crow abandoned the idea of getting a tasty treat from the empty smoothie glass, and decided to pick out some more sauce sachets.
It made quite a mess, tossing unwanted ones around, before it once again tried to get into the HP sauce sachet. Maybe it was the color that attracted it to that specific item?
Tap, tap, tap....ah!
It seemed to get some sauce finally....and tried 3 pecks before abandoning that flavour and looking for something tastier. It ended up having a drink from the dog water bowl then disappearing round the corner - taking the sauce sachet with it!
We wandered along the coast to West Witterings and spotted an egret.
We kept walking along.
Then found a better view of the egret.
This is the last picture I took of the Egyptian geese family at Wakehurst. Next I found another bird to photograph.
A male pheasant dashing across the pathway.
What a lot of goslings that family had - 10!
10 goslings is quite a large number.
Our next excursion took us to Itchenor, where we started our coastal hike with coffee. Whilst Liz sipped her latte, we spotted a crow...
....who was investigating a previous occupants leftovers.
The crow found a few crumbs to nibble, then moved on to investigate other items on the tabletop.
It seemed to be wondering of the empty smoothie glass or condiments box were the better option, once crumbs were gobbled.
It actually investigated both.
It began to peck at the HP sauce sachet....while Liz and I watched on in amusement.
The glass or the sauce? hmmm...it had stuck its beak into the glass and the sachet....so we wondered if it would continue with either or both. The smoothie perhaps?
...or maybe not...
Nah....back to the sauce sachet!!
