It's some time since we were last at Littleferry so we took advantage of today's low tide for a very brisk walk along the sands - and it needed to be brisk as we faced a piercing north wind and the occasional heavy shower, which probably explained why, with the exception of one man and his small dog, we were the only people on a mile of wide, sandy beach.
Other than a few oystercatchers taking advantage of the exposed sands, and as many gulls searching the strand lines of the falling tide, the only birds were those out in the channel where Loch Fleet drains into the sea, mostly eider, cormorants and....
....small groups of oystercatchers tucked up against the wind.
By the time we drove home the sea had virtually drained out of Loch Fleet leaving miles of mud flats for the birds, but there were precious few evident, those scattered few including....
....mallard and widgeon along with the usual accompaniment of crows and gulls, a few redshanks, and a curlew or two.
There's an information board overlooking the loch which speaks of hundreds of birds overwintering on the loch but, new as it is, the board's already out-of-date.
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