There was a report of two
Little Stint and two Curlew Sandpipers on lagoon four and four Black Terns in
the north arm.
So David, Roger and I decided
to go over to try and see them.
We initially went to the north
arm and saw another birder leaving who said th four Black Terns were still
present. However after a long search we
could only find one and other than a few Common Terns and an Osprey there was
little else.
We then went to the Egleton
Reserve and lagoon four visiting both sandpiper and plover hides. From sandpiper we saw a number of Ringed
Plover and Dunlin and single Green Sandpiper and Greenshank but there was no
sign of either the Little Stints or Curlew Sandpipers. I did find the two summer plumage Curlew
Sandpipers from plover hide and we also saw a Little Ringed Plover, two Common
Sandpipers, another Green Sandpiper and Greenshank. We decided to go back to sandpiper where we
had further views of the Curlew Sandpipers but the stints continued to elude
us. Matthew then came into the hide and
almost immediately found two Garganey and an adult winter Mediterranean Gull
but not the stints. We finally decided
to call it a day, leaving Matthew in the hide.
Juvenile Little Egret on lagoon four
Juvenile Little Egret on lagoon four
Curlew on lagoon four
Curlew on lagoon four
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