Redshank / Chevalière gambette

This bird was filmed in Harris, Outer Hebrides.
In the clip below, you can see the bird trying to sleep among the grass. Then, perched on a wooden pole, it makes loud monosyllabic chirping sounds.

Did you know that all that rain we had in England recently is what usually falls in the Outer Hebrides?  The jet stream got stuck too loo down this year and people up there have been suffering from drought!! Yep. No rain for months.  The whiskey distillery had to stop because of a lack of water. Sheep and cattle in the field did not have any water to drink. The grass was turning brown. Unheard of.