Bird notesby Jim Cassels
Young ringed plover nesting on the shore.
In 2017, a person who had meticulously counted the shore birds on Arran for almost 30 years decided to step down. He is one of thousands of counters who once a month on a designated date count the number of the birds on UK shores. The count is organised by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and is called the Wetland Bird Survey or WeBS for short.