It's getting lighter when the pandemonium starts: the redshanks want to land on the shore nearby, but as soon as their feet touches the ground the attack comes from the stilts who don't want to share the territory with other birds. The indignant parent:
Black-winged Stilt
No wonder as the hatchling breeding period has begun, the eggs have been hatched in the other nest too and I discover the small fluffy creatures nearby the nest:
Black-winged Stilt
I become a witness of the strict stilt education when the parents chastise the hatchlings or peck their necks several times.
A landing mallard is also bundled off by the stilts. The redshanks keep on trying to land somewhere nearby, obviously they breed somewhere in this area as well. The redshank chasing keeps on all the time. But the silts have to pay attention on the black headed gulls too that circulate above to pond:
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
The hatchlings come and go independently picking the insects from the ground. Unfortunately they don't come close enough so, I decide to come back tomorrow.
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