Beaches are special places, even in the winter! Of course in the summer there is the extra magic of being able to get into the water. However, at this time of year you can be blessed by that particular light you only seem to get along the coast. Since our last visit in the summer, the few winter storms we have had, have shifted the sands from one part of the beach to the other.
Ross Beach
Ross Beach
Ross Beach
Ross Beach
No matter what the season children will always have fun at the beach. It may be just having the freedom to run around, or they may find a piece of seaweed that transforms into a magical sea creature.
Long seaweed stalks becomes sea creature
As an added bonus we saw Brent geese, oyster catchers, curlew, bar-tailed godwit, rock pipits, dunlin, ringed and grey plovers, though not close enough to get a good photo!
Ross Beach
Murtagh's Meadow 
How splendid and so satisfying that you can identify the birds – heard of godwit but not bar-tailed!
Also, hadn’t really thought about the sand being shifted around by the weather. What forces there are.
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Remember Miranda’s Sea Magpie??
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Certainly do!
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🙂
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Where is Ross beach? Not the same as Rossbeigh in Kerry? Lovely photos! Here in Maine, winter is often the only time we walk and explore the beach. lovely!
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Ross beach is on the NW coast of County Mayo, part of Killala Bay.
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Oh, thank you for clearing that up. I spent quite a bit of time each year in Ireland…Kilorglin, and I often go down to Rossbeigh beach. Happy New year to you!
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…and to you. Kerry is a beautiful county too!
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Fantastic mood to these.
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Combination of rain, clouds and sunshine!!
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Stunning images.
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Thank you Cathy:)
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Aside from a fierce storm, I always say the weather at the beach can be anything and it is a good day. I love the low winter light in your photos.
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I so agree Eliza – even a cold windy day can have it’s charms!
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I agree 100 % with you the sea and the special winter light at the coast is lovely, as it is to spend time at the shore any time a year. Love the pictures!
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Thank you Lena
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Gorgeous! Mayo is just a wonderful place to live if you love nature.
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I so agree, we have many gems here.
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I should like to visit here, what a beautiful beach and beautiful photos, is this far from you?
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It’s about a forty minute drive. At low tide you can walk right along to an even longer beach and another small estuary. It is all part of Killala bay. We are blessed with some spectacular beaches here in Mayo.
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Lovely pictures… so hard to manage with the combination of low sun at this time of year and all the reflections.
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Thank you – it’s the same low light that shows up all the cobwebs in my house!!
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I really enjoyed looking at your pictures. The same in winter is another world.
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I am glad you liked them, thank you.
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Fun… winter, spring, summer or autumn! 🙂
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Absolutely!
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