Redshank ballet and Ruddy Turnstones
There’s a Redshank on the rocks. I don’t think it wants to fly away. That would mean getting its leg out and it’s just got its foot nice and cosy and warm.
![Redshank - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8075-725x483.jpg)
Another flies in nearby and lands with a flourish:
![Redshank - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8082-725x483.jpg)
It folds its wings away neatly.
![Redshank - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8083-725x483.jpg)
And then gets them out again to take a bow:
![Redshank - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8090-725x483.jpg)
Several more Redshank have joined the original one now. That spot’s become very popular suddenly:
![Redshanks - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8099-725x483.jpg)
There’s a Ruddy Turnstone, too. Can you see it?
![Redshanks - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8124-725x483.jpg)
You can always tell which way the wind is blowing when you look at a flock of birds.
![Redshanks - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8123-725x483.jpg)
A Ruddy Turnstone flies past:
![Turnstone - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Turnstone-flypast-The-Hall-of-Einar-7983-725x483.jpg)
They are fast and it’s a struggle to keep up with it.
![Turnstone - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-7986-725x483.jpg)
But so worth it:
![Turnstone - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-7993.jpg)