Walney Island

we had a day off school for inset on friday so me, my dad, my two friends and their parents went for an excursion to walney island in south cumbria. we set of from workington station an birded from the train. there were masses of oystercatchers and gull so our list soon grew. mistle thrush, shelduck and common gull were some of the highlights on the journey down. at borrow station we got a taxi to the island; the first bird we saw was little egret. then quickly after that curlew, teal and goldfinch. one of the best birds for me was greenshank as (embarrassingly) i'd never seen one before then. :] we saw lots of goosanders: mostly because my dad was looking through 95 year old, goosander-tinted binoculars!

pictures coming soon