As we walk the beach we keep an eye on the crows and gulls as they often lead us....
....to things washed up on the beach, in this case the rather chewed remains of a small ray, which we inspected for a few minutes while....
....the original finder waited patiently offshore for us to move on.
Later we came across another ray, this time a cuckoo ray, which was well up the beach - so it had come in on last night's high tide - yet seemed still to be alive. Somewhat against my better judgement I was persuaded....
....to move it back into the sea where, although it did show signs of life, it very likely ended up on the beach again, all this activity watched....
....with some puzzlement by a pied wagtail.
Rays do seem to be the most common of the fishes stranded on our local beach, most often cuckoo rays about a foot or so long.
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