We’d never been to Poole before, but found ourselves there and having a lovely afternoon walking around the old town and harbour area.
I think Oystercatchers must be very common around the edge of the water in this area as we were the only ones walking along taking any notice of them whatsoever! With the amount of noise they were making as they flew along the waters edge, they were hard to ignore. Some were picking along alone and others in big groups. With their amazing long beaks they made fascinating watching (well, to us at least!).
We then spotted this beauty, sitting quite happily just down from a busy bridge and road, seemingly unbothered by the noise of the traffic. We thought it might be a juvenile shag, but to be honest weren’t quite sure. My plea for anyone out there who might be able to identify him/her was kindly answered by Stella Lee @Purfylle – thank you very much for your help! Obviously our first up close and personal with a cormorant 🙂
A Good Day To Dye (Not!) 
It’s a lovely cormorant.
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Brilliant – thanks very much for your help 🙂 Have amended to add you in!
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I started noticing all the shorebirds when we were living by the beach in the US. Need to go on a trip to the seaside here in the Uk now that we’ve moved back and see what seabirds we can sight too 🙂
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Sounds like a great excuse to get down to the beach to me! The people at Guardhouse Cafe, Berry Head, Devon have a message on Facebook this morning to say they’ve counted 1,381 Guillemots on the cliffs below their cafe this morning! Glad they didn’t lose count half way!
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You’ve picked 2 pf my favourite coastal birds here – oyster catchers for their gaudy beaks and cormorants as they appear almost prehistoric in looks. Thank you so much for joining in with #AnimalTales and yay for the birds for wanting their photos taken this week.
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Absolutely yay! This week has been an uncooperative one again of course! Thanks for the link x
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Lucas says – Wow! What a great photo- that bird looks a bit like it could live with dinosaurs. I love watching birds and we have a naughty Heron that keeps flying into a neighbours garden as she has a pond. She says a few naughty words to the bird but I really like watching him! #animaltales
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Lol, love it! One of my Avon customers has a teeny tiny pool, just made out of part of a barrel and they lose fish from that to the birds too…..how do they know?!
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We have cormorants near us on the Thames. This always cheers me up, because cormorants mean fish! My son is currently a bit distraught because they are building some new landing stages, and he suspects that the tatty old one they currently roost on is under threat.
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A very good point about the fish! I hope the tatty landing stages get to stay, or the cormorants decide they need a new des res and move over to the new ones x
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