Walking on water…

By Words | Published March 1, 2009

It was back to Rottingdean Beach today. The oystercatchers were engaging in an afternoon buffet.

oystercatcherAh, this looks like the place

oystercatcherDive straight in…

oystercatcherSelect a tasty morsel

oystercatcherDrain carefully and consume

oystercatcherAnd afterwards, stretch those wings

Of course there are more than just the oystercatchers to see. The fulmars are still quite at home…

fulmars

And a lone grebe was fishing out at sea (a first sighting for me!)…

grebe

The pipits were feeding among the sea weed…

pipit

And far in the distance, someone was walking on water….

walking on water
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Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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15 Comments

  1. cakkleberrylane March 1, 2009 at 4:03 am #

    All beautiful shots! I love the oyster catchers. The fulmars are great too with their big open mouths!

  2. gdare March 1, 2009 at 6:03 am #

    It can`t be that shallow so people could walk there :eyes:

  3. Flying Red Fox Blog March 1, 2009 at 7:03 am #

    Lovelly photos! I went for a short walk along Bognor seafront and took a photo of a grioup of Gulls sitting on the sea. 😛 Afterwards i went swimmimg…………. in the local pool of course not the sea! 😆

  4. Words March 1, 2009 at 8:03 pm #

    Darko, and he can't be surfing (the sea was flat). Maybe he's putting up a wind-board? I don't know. I didn't see him until I looked at the photos.

  5. Words March 1, 2009 at 8:03 pm #

    Thanks Lois. I could wathc both the fulmars and oystercatchers for hours. The fulmars look so at home up in the cliff face, but the oystercatchers have a wonderfully comical look abou them.

  6. Words March 1, 2009 at 8:03 pm #

    Mark, yes it was a much nicer day on Saturday than today (grey and misty most of the time). It's great to get down to the sea though, whatever the weather. And I wouldn't swim in it either. Far too cold!

  7. gdare March 1, 2009 at 9:03 pm #

    No, he looks like he is walking :eyes: Wizard Merlin, by any chance? :whistle:

  8. Ukwildlife March 2, 2009 at 4:03 pm #

    great photos. Ive only come across one oystercatcher that was willing to be photographed, and that was in looe harbour where I guess they are accustomed to silly tourists, so Im alway impressed with good photos of them.

    As for the man on water, other than previous suggestions all I can think of is a kit surfer (kites out of shot or in the water) or a cameo by Jesus! 😆

  9. Words March 2, 2009 at 9:03 pm #

    Darko, I've done a 100% crop.

  10. SittingFox March 2, 2009 at 9:03 pm #

    The oystercatchers are great but that's a lovely shot of the pipit!

  11. Words March 2, 2009 at 9:03 pm #

    Neil, I didn't see any kites about (red, or otherwise :whistle: ). I wish I'd spotted him when I was taking the photo… he was just a dot in the distance.

  12. Words March 2, 2009 at 9:03 pm #

    Adele, thanks! It's such a lovely spot at the moment… always a good variety to see.

  13. gdare March 3, 2009 at 6:03 pm #

    It looks so unreal :yes:

  14. annoushkiss March 3, 2009 at 7:03 pm #

    Great birds :up:
    And the man is :eyes: :confused: …unreal indeed!

  15. Words March 3, 2009 at 9:03 pm #

    Thanks Anna! Yes, the man is very odd :alien: