I paid a quick visit to the Swords Estuary in Dublin last Saturday evening hoping to catch up with the juvenile Ruff that was giving good views there earlier in the week. I found the birds feeding along the southern shoreline at high tide. It was quite confiding and did not seem to be bother by the constant stream of walkers close by.
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| Juvenile Ruff ©Tom Tarpey |
The inner estuary is a great place to get close to waders especially at high tide. There were large flocks of Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit present as well as smaller numbers of Lapwing and Dunlin. I also came across a juvenile Common Sandpiper and a lone Snipe keeping close by a boulder protruding through the mud.
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| Snipe ©Tom Tarpey |
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| Common Sandpiper ©Tom Tarpey |
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| Lapwing ©Tom Tarpey |
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