21 June 2025 - Hollingworth Lake

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Coot, Lapwings, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper

When I arrived at the lake front this morning I saw a distant duck-like bird out on the water, but couldn't figure out what it was. The light was against me and it seemed to be heading towards Queen's Bay, so I walked anticlockwise for a change. It turned out to be a juvenile Coot. In the field just over Bib Knowl wall, there was a Lapwing with three newly-hatched chicks, which was nice to see.

Nothing much else happened until I reached the road, where an Oystercatcher had found one of the freshwater mussels and was trying its best to figure out how to get into it. I sat by the roadside to photograph it and then noticed a Common Sandpiper in the same area. Unfortunately as I steadied myself to stand up, I put my hand in a pile of dog muck!

Lapwings, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200 (view full size image)

Oystercatcher, 1/2500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000 (view full size image)

Common Sandpiper, 1/2000 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 1000 (view full size image)