I always enjoy September, it's the time of year when birds start to arrive….. and leave…… on migration. In short, there are a few nice birds to see and usually some good photo opportunities. I had been looking at pictures taken on Florida beaches of small waders and it prompted me to get myself out there, close to home  and have a look.  Cockwood Harbour is always a  good place with easy access and in the past I have seen Black-tailed Godwits feeding in the inner harbour and I really love them.  On the river side of the harbour I have often seen Ringed Plover roosting at high tide on the banks b y the railway line and so it proved today.  Was it my imagination but I am sure there wasn't as many as previous years with just a very small group today, hardly a flock!   There were a few adults, that's one of them above and then some juveniles,  (see below).

Obviously a youngster with an all black beak as well as a lack of head markings and chest bar.

The beak of the adults will be almost completely yellow when breeding.

Amongst the roosting Ringed Plovers were a few Turnstone, slightly larger than the plovers and a bit dreary.   Not the most  attractive bird but in flight they look their best. 

A Turnstone and a Ringed Plover.

A couple of the adult plovers in flight. 

A Little Egret on the river at Powderham.

Its been quite hard to find the time to "stake-out" the Kingfishers this last few days, I can't be in two places at once.  At the wood hide, things have also been worryingly very quite on my last two visits I have hardly even seen a bird.  However the food is disappearing from the feeders so I am confident that birds are coming and going.