Wader Fest - and better Stint

On 28th May, I headed back to the coast for the high tide roost, expecting just to snap common waders. To my delight, in addition to getting my best shots this year of Bar-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Dunlin and Sanderling, I also got onto the Little Stint again (with a little help), and this time in much better light and even closer!

The only battle this time was with the heat haze – there’s always a battle! Anyway, I came away with some really nice images (despite binning 80% of them!) and felt lucky: the bird was only showing for about 10 minutes. The other waders were also showing exceptionally well. Occasionally, I would even take a break from photography and spend some time just admiring these beautiful birds, all with subtly different patterning and colouring.