Knot's and Starling's

My good friend Ben Andrew came up from Bedfordshire to spend the weekend with us. We had set various targets to photograph, wild feral goats, Goosanders, the Starling murmuration at Aberystwyth and the Knot roost at Hoylake.
This post will deal with the two roost's, first up we went to Hoylake to witness the Knot roost. With a spring tide forecast we were hopeful that 14,000 knot would gradually be pushed up the beach towards us. Unfortunately strong winds caused the tide to rise higher than expected and only a small flock of the birds landed in front of us after the tide had turned. We did witness large flock's of Knot flying around the estuary though and can only imagine how spectacular the roost must be if all the elements come together. Definitely one to pay another visit. Special thanks to Ron Thomas for his advice and information while we were there.