Wader scrape hide, 1.30 pm, 59ºF, 15ºC, breezy with occasional showers
‘Here come five pandas!’ quips one birdwatcher, and he’s right, the belted Galloway cattle that form part of the little herd here have same pattern and the panda’s barrel-like rotundness. The herd move from island to island across the lagoon, like a scene from a wildlife documentary.
I’m surprised how deep the channel between the two nearest island is; the cattle launch themselves splashily from the edge and swim across.