Large flock of Knot, Calidris canutus, flying from high tide roost back to the seashore

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On big tides, as water covers the vast mudflats of The Wash estuary, tens of thousands of wading birds are pushed off their feeding grounds and onto the roost banks and islands of freshwater gravel pits at Snettisham,

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Size: 5100px × 3334px
Location: Snettisham, Norfolk, England, UK
Photo credit: © M Carstairs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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