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I've been to Simpsons Beach a few times but never with a very low tide so it was a bit of a surprise walking down to the beach and seeing a large flat expanse of mud. It was nice to see that there were some birds around.
The mud, luckily it was quite firm unlike the typical mangrove areas where you just sink down in squelchy grey mud (RX100 III) -
A Black Kite -
A Little Heron. These were previously called Striated Heron but now only the similar South American birds are "Striated" and elsewhere there are various sub-species of Little Heron -
A Brahminy Kite. There seems to often be a Brahminy Kite at this location -
A Bar-tailed Godwit -
A Terek Sandpiper -
A Pelican taking off -
A Common Tern -
A Silver Gull -
And a younger Silver Gull -
Mainly Greater Sand Plover. In the central cluster there is a Curlew Sandpiper and a Grey-tailed Tattler -
An Osprey -
The mud, luckily it was quite firm unlike the typical mangrove areas where you just sink down in squelchy grey mud (RX100 III) -
A Black Kite -
A Little Heron. These were previously called Striated Heron but now only the similar South American birds are "Striated" and elsewhere there are various sub-species of Little Heron -
A Brahminy Kite. There seems to often be a Brahminy Kite at this location -
A Bar-tailed Godwit -
A Terek Sandpiper -
A Pelican taking off -
A Common Tern -
A Silver Gull -
And a younger Silver Gull -
Mainly Greater Sand Plover. In the central cluster there is a Curlew Sandpiper and a Grey-tailed Tattler -
An Osprey -
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