A bright but windy start to the day and as we headed out to begin our day of searching red knot's brooding chicks I wondered if the day would be as good as our last foray. We walked for several hours in the morning and it was pretty quiet bar a few birds such a group of 6 red necked stints flying past, a couple of mongolian plover's, several eider, white fronted geese and plenty of vega and glaucous gulls. Then we got lucky with ringed plover (photo above) brooding chicks and then as we returned back we had our firt red knot encounter. This time it was a different afffair as the bird was flying high over us with a pair of pacific golden plover's also in the area.
We continued our way back and then we got that lucky break, a male red knot (photo above) with chicks (photo below) and so the usual routine of trapping, weighing, measuring and ringing the birds followed. I really hope that some where both of these coded flag ringed birds get observed by a either a birder or re-trapped some where along the EAAF this winter.
After this we went searching further afield and for the first time this trip I got to see salmon making their way upriver in the shallow waters of the river in the photo below. The weather turned quite dull and cold mid afternoon the same that it has for the past few days. The mornings start warm and bright but it all changes mid - late afternoon. I still seem to be in a fair ammount of pain with this rather annoying re-occuring injury. I plan to head out to the river tomorrow as I have seen a lot of activity out on the sea when I scanned from the top of the morane hills yesterday. The sea appears alive with grey whales and baluga's and so if I can get a boat accross the first river then that is my plan for tomorrow. 
Dave B: Thank you for the email, most helpfull and I have replied and so I hope hotmail will get this email to you. Please let me know, many thanks and much appreciated.
