Fylde coast adrenaline junkies

High tides and choppy seas
offer perfect conditions
for adrenaline junkies

Kiteboarders on the River Ribble – Southport on the other side

St Annes – windsurfers and kiteboarder

From St Annes dunes – kiteboarders on the Irish Sea

A high tide leaves behind
wood, saltmarsh reeds,
plastic, other detritus,
and …

Towards Fairhaven Lake – what the tide left behind

… Twirly, sister of Swirly
(research courtesy of the www!)
Washed-up and
looking worse for wear
she’s now clean and sparkling
and at home with her new friends!

Washed-up Twirly with her new friends now living under the aspidistra

The natural life never ceases to amaze
whatever the weather

Jackdaws
bustle about on the ground
searching for seeds and insects

Jaunty jackdaw

Sanderling
I love to watch these little waders
scuttle along the sea edge
on the hunt for tasty morsels
left by the tide
Identifying fact:
they have forward-pointing toes
and no back toe

Sanderling