SEEN here, the oystercatchers and black-backed gulls don't seem too disturbed by jetski action off Cleethorpes.
However, knot, bartailed godwit, curlew, grey plovers and some other species were thrown into panic.
There was no indication that the sports enthusiasts were deliberately targeting the birds, but the commotion was not good to see (video below).
The Humber Estuary is a Special Protection Area for waders and wildfowl - notably knot which arrive in thousands during winter from their breeding grounds in Canada, Greenland and elsewhere.
It is an offence to disturb them as they feed and roost on the sand- and mud-flats - prime habitat for certain shore waders and wildfowl.
At high tide in daylight hours, jetski enthusiasts pursue their sport along the estuary all the way from Cleethorpes Pier to the Humberston Fitties.
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