We like going to Littleferry, partly because the beach there is usually deserted of humans, partly because there are miles of sand so we can really stretch our legs, and partly because, it being a National Nature Reserve, there's plenty of wildlife to see.... except there isn't. I am mystified as to why we could spend a couple of hours there yesterday and see nothing along the beach except a few gulls....
....this small flock of oystercatchers in the mouth of Loch Fleet and a couple of sanderling. No cormorants, no seals, no other ducks or waders, except....
....as we came to the first of the pools of the loch, a small flight of what might have been redshanks flew over. Usually, the gravelly spit visible in this picture has plenty of waders on it: there wasn't one. Usually there are birds swimming around, eider, goldeneye, mergansers, something.... there was nothing.
What's happening?
The only place we saw birds in any numbers was on the inner pool of the loch, where some fifty shelduck, most in pairs, were feeding along with some mallard and widgeon, neither in any great numbers and certainly far fewer than this time a year ago.
What's happening?
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