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Coastal Birds in February 27th February. I went out to Pen y Cil after lunch. I had primed a piece of card delicate pink. Constable used red and pink grounds for oil sketches. When I found that there were orange turnstone legs and oystercatcher bills, in strong light, I was pleased to have done that! Oystercatchers and Turnstones.      All are gouache on gesso primed board In bright sunshine there were five Turnstones and an Oystercatcher directly below me, and as the tide was low they were feeding on barnacles and limpets. The Oystercatcher would probe and pry all around the edge of the limpet rim which eventually loosened it. Then it took the limpet to a place where it could be placed upside-down in a slight dip and its body prised loose and swallowed.  Shags and Turnstones The mother Porpoise and her calf were there again, close to the rocks. The adult has a tea-plate sized worn patch on her right side just behind and below the dorsal fin. The calf invariably sw