A beautiful white egret stalking mindfully for its supper among the gulls on the foreshore at around 6pm, after an exceptionally hot, sunny day. The Indian summer we've so often been lucky to enjoy here for our September fortnight by the sea. Large flocks of turnstones flying unfeasibly fast, low across the water, a flash of white as they turn in unison, the brown-black V stripe of wing exposed briefly as they tilt the other way, a single piping call audible now & then. Mottled tortoiseshell backs over soft white bellies & their diligent foraging habit make them endearing creatures to watch, scuttling at the waters' edge each year when we visit at this time.