Isle of Sheppey, Part 2.

After returning from the hide, and eating our late lunch, my son had wanted to collect some shells, so off we went to the beach at Shellness, not really knowing what to expect, but several birders had told us that the tide was in, so we could see some waders.
The sun was still shining(although it was getting low in the sky) the sky was blue, it was still warm enough, and the light was very good for some photos.

I didnt want to scare any of the waders, so i kept very low to the beach, moving slowly towards these beautiful birds. At times, I had to hold the camera high in the air to get some shots.
These are some of the highlights of a cracking hour on the edge of the beach. My basic bridge camera has a 24x optical zoom lens, but I can increase this up to 32x optical zoom, and the photos are all cropped. So I was still some distance from these birds.

The first birds seen were Turnstones.

Then a flock of 12 to 15 Ringed Plovers were in the area.

Im pretty sure that in amongst the Ringed plovers was a possible Sanderling here?

Several Dunlin bathing/preening.

Grey Plovers on the beach breakers, and possibly my favourite shots of the day.

And last but not least, those nervous Oystercatchers, its hard to sneak up on these beauties, because they are wary. You can see by the light in these last 3 pics, that the sun is going down now, and it started to get a bit cold too.

What an absolutely cracking day we had, spent on the Isle of Sheppey. I would recommend this area to anyone, it had the lot. Even on the way home, we spotted a lovely Hare in a field. A top days birding(especially for a novice like me!) Cheers.