The black-winged stilt with its almost ridiculously long legs prefer deeper water than other shorebirds for reasons easily understood.
Close encounter with a young red knot on its first migration south. Laying flat on the ground at he waters edge it was possible to get the waders to come within the close focusing distance of the lens.
There are often purple sandpipers staying the winter at Ottenby. Here's one from a party of eight that was running around my feet. They didn't seem to mind my presence as they often came inside the close focusing distance!
