A Greater Sand Plover holding a crab claw in its bill.

A Greater Sand Plover bathing. Moulting into winter plumage.

Another Greater Sand Plover.

A Greater Sand Plover moulting from summer to winter plumage.

This one also moulting from summer to winter plumage.

A Greater Sand Plover with winter plumage coming in.

A Greater Sand Plover moulting from first-summer to winter plumage.

A flock of around a dozen Greater Sand Plovers.

There were a few Lesser Sand Plovers mixed in with the Greater Sand Plover flock, but only three.

Lesser Sand Plover in late breeding plumage.

First Grey Plover of the season on the sandy beach stretching from the river mouth. Quite a distance away, and heat shimmer made the air waver — totally blurry. ^^;

Common Redshank in late breeding plumage.

Grey-tailed Tattler transitioning to winter plumage.

Common Greenshank in first-summer plumage.

Long-toed Stint in late breeding plumage.

Little Ringed Plover in late breeding plumage.

A colony of Black-naped Terns. Some chicks appear to have hatched, and birds were carrying food.

A Black-naped Tern carrying prey.

Whiskered Terns have been increasing in number too.