Parrys beach is in the shire of a small town called Denmark, wich is 500km from the city of Perth. It is a wild windswept beach where you can feel the full force of the Antarctic gales. I have just turned 14 and today we decided to go birdwatching. Parrys is about a half-n-hour drive from Denmark.
Driving to the beach, we spotted a small flock of Austaralian White Ibis, a single Banded Lapwing and hundreds of swifts cruising the currents and hawking for insects. As we arrived at the Access point a Nankeen Kestrel glided down over the heathland towards us and then effortlessly climbed to a higher altitude and shot out of our view. We trudge down onto the wild and windy beach, soon I spot a group of Caspian Terns and Silver Gulls huddled against the wind together. We continued on towards the sand dunes hoping to find the endangered Hooded Plover. Around the base of the dunes there were lots of tiny three toed prints. I knew they were from a plover so I scanned the shoreline and sure enough there is a group of about ten Red-capped Plovers running along the wet sand. No Hooded Plovers though. We walk along the dunes until we reach the estuary. By now the weather has cleared up and birds are all coming out to take advantage of the good weather. A pair of White-faced Herons fish along the edge, five Australian Pelicans glide down and land on the estuary, a Swamp Harrier circles above the estuary side heathlands, two White-bellied Sea-eagles land in front of us and start sharing a freshly caught fish, two Pied Oystercatchers slowly make their way around the estuary edge probing for worms and there is another group of Red-capped Plovers feeding along the edge. The rain starts to set in again so we decide to make our way back to the car and leave.