"Unaccustomed as We Are": Ness Point waders

On Sunday 7th March, I was suffering quite badly with bursitis of the heal of the foot or "Policeman's heel" its painful when you put any weight on the heel of your foot, so I was limited to just going to Ness Point for a brief exercise walk. I immediately saw 1, 2 and then up to 4 Purple Sandpipers and also an amazing 9 Oystercatchers on the finger at Ness Point (the highest tally of Oystercatchers I have seen there ever!) I also saw Tony B who'd seen up to 6 Purple Sandpipers, but the other 2 didn't reappear for me.