Newgale

A cool evening with an incoming tide: three small waders, almost certainly Dunlin, flew along the tide line heading South; there was a flock of around thirty Black-headed Gulls in various plumages from near-breeding to non-breeding, there was, once again, only one juvenile. There were a couple of Great Black-backs, one or two Lessers and several Herring Gulls , one of which, a juvenile, was behaving strangely: it was throwing a piece of seaweed into the air, watching it being taken out by the backwash of the waves, chasing and throwing it up again to repeat the whole process; it appeared to be playing! Finally, a juvenile Knot flew in to the water's edge, very tame too as Jean was able to watch it, as it watched her, at no more than fifteen feet.

Afterthought: I forgot to add that there was a dead juvenile Gannet on the beach.