So Many Shorebirds at Inskip Point

Thousands of shorebirds were roosting/resting on the sandspit on high tide at Inskip Point, one of the few safe places for them accessible at high tide.  

We cruised in slowly for a closer look and saw Eastern Curlew, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed godwits (which means “food” in Norwegian, another story), some returned from Siberia and still in red breeding plumage, Golden Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones, Greater Sand Plovers, other small plovers we couldn’t ID without the scope, along with Pied Oystercatchers, Pied Cormorants, Little Pied Cormorants and Pelicans.  

We were careful not to disturb the birds, but when we got back to our boat a fishing boat zoomed over to the spit, dropped a dog and a child on the beach, who chased the birds, did a crap, then got back on their boat and left.   We were just gob-smacked, to say the least!