Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa islandicus

Black-tailed Godwits on the River Exe, pretty much a local speciality at this time of the year and a bird I always enjoy seeing. I must have had my eyes closed this morning and I suppose that is one of the problems when you are literally focused on a particular subject. As I sat on the foreshore photographing the Black-tailed Godwit, I wasn't likely to know that apparently seen at just the time I was there, was a Spoonbill. I suppose that I shouldn't be a "doubting Thomas" but frankly I didn't see it and surely I would have would't I? It's a mystery to me that I could sit for 3 hours looking out on to the Exe and yet miss a speciality bird like this and then come home and read on the web the report of one? I would have like a Spoonbill of course but I am always happy to get good photos of more common species as long as I achieve something special, and thats not often easy. So all the more rewarding