While at Filey Brigg, I was lucky enough to get close to some oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus as they fed on some mussels. These particular oystercatchers were feeding by the ‘hammering’ method, which involves using their thickened beak to smash the shell of their prey to get to the edible insides. But not all oystercatcher feed…
While photographing the purple sandpipers at Filey Brigg, we were joined by this lovely grey seal who just sat on a rock, occasionally bothering to look our way! As the tide went down she did move around and went for a swim at one point. But it mostly just sat their grooming or stretching every…
On a trip up to Yorkshire I visited Filey Brigg with my friend Dave, I spent a day at Filey Brigg. We had heard that purple sandpipers could be found there, something neither of us had seen. And we managed to see a few: The light was either poor (cloudy, needing 1600 to have any…