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| The Ribble Estuary NNR just under 10 miles south of Blackpool Tower and home to over quarter of a million waders and wildfowl during the winter. On Saturday 21st Feb the highest tide of the year came rolling in. |
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| Typical, you really couldn’t make it up. A line of heavy showers appears on the horizon heading in our direction. |
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| As the tide begins to cover the marsh thousands of Wigeon descend from the RSPB reserve at Marshside a short flight across the road. | Followed closely by Black-tailed Godwits and Teal. |
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| Meanwhile out on the marsh the Knots are on the move, the Great White Egret has flown and the weather is beginning to look ominous. |
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| An incredible spectacle. Thousands of Knots against a rapidly darkening sky with a male Merlin on the lookout for an easy meal. |
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| 20 minutes later the weather began to clear |
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| Oystercatchers returning to the marsh. | Lapwings circling looking for somewhere safe to land. |