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Boat ramp, Whitstable - this morning:

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morning glory said:
It was about 8C - but no wind at all (very oddly). It is usually windy on the coast as you will know. So with a warm coat on, I was fine. Not at all cold.
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I haven't been to Whitstable since my daughter was a toddler. We also went to Margate and played on the beach. It was in February, and out of the wind it wasn't a bit cold.
 
Since we have some coastal shots here along with the fact that I mentioned oystercatchers on the general chat thread a couple of days ago, here are a couple of these fine birds poking about on the local links. As you can see from the muddy state of their bills, they have been busy.

I like oystercatchers. They are our most recognisable wader and they are busy and rather noisy birds.

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Duck59 said:
Since we have some coastal shots here along with the fact that I mentioned oystercatchers on the general chat thread a couple of days ago, here are a couple of these fine birds poking about on the local links. As you can see from the muddy state of their bills, they have been busy.

I like oystecatchers. They are our most recognisable wader and they are busy and rather noisy birds.

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Yes, they are very attractive birds and I've often seen them in Whitstable (which, after all is an oyster heaven!). I didn't see any on this trip but I did see a lone bird flitting about on the sea wall which looked like a sparrow - but it had orangey red in its tail. It was light brown otherwise. A dunnock perhaps? I tried to photograph it but it was too quick.
 
Curiously enough, oystercatchers don't really bother with oysters. Their main prey is mussels and - curiously again - oystercatchers split into two camps when it comes to technique. There are hammerers and chisellers; the former bash the shells open and the latter prise them apart with a little more subtlety.
 
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