Port of Ostend 29-03-2011.

First visitor TH-6 'Johanna Cornelia' entering the dock. (08h08LT).

New bouytender ZEETIJGER leaving port. (08h20LT).

DEMER & TER STREEP and some of Ostend's landmarks.

DEMER bringing back the pontoons to the RNSYC.

MAERSK FINDER being loaded @ berth 401 with pin-piles for the Jacket foundations.

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ROALD AMUNDSEN entering port, arriving from Lissabon. (19h22LT).

Port of Ostend 27 & 28-03-2011.

SEA BRAVO picking up 4 anchors for the BUZZARD on the Thorntonbank.

O.116 CAROLINE.

MANZANILLO II luckily entered port at night after a whole day of dredging outside the entrance.

Tierra Verde: Fort de Soto (22-03-2011).

Final day of shooting...

Again a slow start in the lagoon with 'only' the Long-billed Curlew in the morning...

Up close and personal with a Laughing Gull...

Black-bellied Plover crossing my path...

American oystercatcher doing its best to look good.

My first photo's of Roseatte Spoonbills at Fort de Soto...not a minute too early!

White Ibis (juveniles feeding on crab).

Great White Egret.

A 'too close for comfort' shoot with the Tricolor Heron.

Willet.

Flying home tomorrow...all pictures will be uploaded to my website when back home.

Tierra Verde: Fort de Soto (21-03-2011).

Another day in paradise?

Today started with a Bald Eagle young jumping around the nest, stretching its wings...

Too far for decent shots, still, a nice thing to watch!

After that, the day would prove how unpredictable birding can be,

spotting species I hadn't seen the day before...

(eg. Marbled godwit, Long-billed Curlew, even a Roseatte Spoonbill for 1 minute!)

Throughout the day beachvisitors & fishermen were a nuicance & as peace returned

a group of birdwatchers claimed the lagoon to themselves...

Here's my view on life in the lagoon:

Reddish Egret.

American Oystercatcher.

Willet ( 1 & 2 breeding, 3 non-breeding).

Long-billed Curlew.

Marbled Godwit.

Red-winged Blackbird (male).

Black-bellied Plover.

Black Skimmer.

Laughing Gull.

Special thanks to David Pugsley.