Godwit's at Newton Marsh.

After doing my duty on saturday morning taking mother dear mother to the hairdressers and the better half to a farmers market in Preston I got back home to go on my compture when all of a sudden the sun broke through.Rushing to get my gear I set of to Newton Marsh to see what was about.A couple of dozen widgeon and teal were still about,plenty of shellduck,mallards,coots and moorhen,I counted 9 male shoveler unusually high for this time of year and a pair of tufted duck not common on the marsh.Plenty of nesting lapwing with good numbers of redshank and singing skylark,mamals present were 2 hares.A flock of about 40 blacktailed godwits were distant on the pools,but fortunately for me ther were 2 by the roadside,one in lovely summer plumage and I managed to capture some images of this beautiful bird.A very enjoyable couple of hours.I have posted a few of my better efforts below.