We’re heading back to Meon Beach today (don’t say I didn’t warn you that I couldn’t stop pointing my camera at things that afternoon!) As the sun was setting, the tide was rapidly going out. For those who don’t know Southampton Water and the Solent, the receding tide leaves behind it a swathe of wet, sandy mud that stretches far out to sea. Within minutes, these tidal flats become a huge dining table to thousands of gulls, waders and other seabirds and soon the air is filled with their calls as they move from place to place, digging around in the mud. The other thing about these mudflats is that under a sunset sky, they act like a mirror, reflecting the colours in the sky until the whole landscape looks as if it is on fire – earth, see and sky as a fiery backdrop to this frenzied feeding…

Meon Beach 31/12/20
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 100-400 L IS