I need a few days to compile notes and photographs from my visit on the 5th Dec, but with our homeward flight due in just over 24 hours, it may be a few days before I can upload.
Just one morning at the site gave just a taster, next visits will no doubt provide lifers, as this time several calls heard without seeing the birds.....happens to me alot.
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| Great Egrets |
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| Grey-Tailed Tattler |
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| Greenshank & Marsh Sandpiper |
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| Greenshank, Redshank & Marsh Sandpiper |
I want to stay positive about the site, but also feel anyone visiting for the first time should prepare themselves for a quite shocking amount of rubbish, it lies everywhere, from the beach to the mangroves and is over ankle deep throughout. It screams a mercy message from the wildlife to all the Philippine people that they must change the behaviours of all who drop rubbish into the rivers throughout the country, or face a future without wildlife.
The birds I saw on the beach were great, but until there is a huge cultural swing in attitudes away from dropping rubbish, it will take an army of people to pick up the rubbish weekly just to stay on top of the problem.. I am encouraged by a widespread awareness campaign about bringing your own bag when shopping, but frankly the vast sprawling squatter communities whom I see as major culprits, appear to need much more than polite awareness campaigns.
May the Government have the sense to preserve, clean up and protect this potentially wonderful site.
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