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I managed to do a p good birding session today at a marsh/estuary environmental which is quite different from the usual field or forest that I bird in!

Here is a really cute bird that I think everyone should know about. It's a Northern Lapwing and although it iridescent feathers are really pretty looking and the way it flies is quite charming, dipping and darting around like a fighter jet with a drunk pilot, i think the most important fact about is that it sounds like computers. It's constantly making whirring and zipping noises along with this sharp shrill, EEEEEEE that is really funny when there's a flock of 30 of them and that's all they're doing.

There was a bunch of those today which was nice...

The next bird and a new bird I haven't seen before is this Common Snipe! It's much smaller than I thought it would be, I thought it would be Mallard sized but it was about the size of a Little Grebe or Blackbird. You could definitely eat it like popcorn I think. It landed right near the bird hide and barely moved an inch for around 40 minutes. It was really cute and cool to see so up close...

There was also a few Common Redshanks, which I unfortunately did not get to take a photo of because I was so focused on just looking at them but hopefully I will get to take a photo of them soon!!!