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Emmanuel HeadSaturday, 7th September 2002, Lindisfarne, Northumberland |
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High tide; eiders, gulls and a few bar-tailed godwits have gathered on a rocky promentary on the north coast of the island.
We count 22 grey seals in the bay - and there are as many more around the promontory at the other end of the bay. Some of the seals appear to be looking our way in idle curiosity, others stretch and look skyward.
A stone-built white-washed pyramid acts as a navigation marker at the northeast tip of the island.
Eiders, gulls, waders and a wheeling flock of starlings have gathered around a tangle of beached seaweed in a corner of the bay.
Sanderlings rush along probing the sand at the water's edge, sometimes dashing down as the foam subsides only to retreat again as the next wave washes in.
Amongst the flock of sanderlings there are a couple of waders of about size. They don't have white heads like the sanderlings but I struggle to find anything really distinctive about them. They're streaky above, lighter below - probably dunlins. 
Note that slightly down-curved bill.
Richard Bell,
wildlife illustrator
E-mail; 'richard@willowisland.co.uk'
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