Birdwatching at Montijo Beach in Chipiona in the scorching summer heat

On this extremely hot day, with temperatures rising up to forty degrees, the only spot I could go to to go birdwatching had to be near the beach. Today's destination was Montijo beach between Chipiona and Sanlucar. The tide was high when I arrived, which allowed me to get quite close to the birds, or should I say, it forced the birds to get close to the shore. Of course there were mainly waders. I was happy to see a dozen of foraging Oystercatchers.

Close-up of a Sanderling

Ringed Plovers

Sanderling

These terns seemed to have a bit of an argument

Greenshank

Whimbrel

Little Tern in flight

Little Egret in the final landing stage

Oystercatcher

Little Egret wading through the shallow water

Pallid Swift

The notorious 'Barco del Arroz' in the background

Not the ideal conditions to go birdwatching today, but fortunately I got back home with some decent photographs.