The Pacific Golden Plover had
been found late on Tuesday night and was still present yesterday and so I
decided to make a further visit to see it.
I arrived at the same time as Terry and walked to heron hide with him
but seeing very little on route. The hide
was pretty full but we managed to squeeze in via the back door to the hide and
scoped the plover on the far shore. The
views were better today as it was a little closer and the light was better with
less heat haze. It spent the whole time
feeding on the muddy shore the right over the bund where it had been on Monday
and was more mobile. There was also
seventeen Little Egrets on the bund and a Greenshank was seen in flight as I
arrived. Two Ospreys were also visible
in Manton Bay and Osprey.
Ken was in the hide and
because it was getting pretty warm and overcrowded we decided to take a walk
and went to fieldfare hide overlook south arm three, seeing an Oystercatcher on
lagoon eight on route. The bay near
fieldfare is now pretty good for waders and we had three Green Sandpiper and
two Greenshanks but there was very little else and we moved off and called at
both snipe and mallard hides on the way back to the centre.
Black-tailed Skimmer close to tern hide
Greenshank from fieldfare hide
Greenshank from fieldfare hide
Greenshank from fieldfare hide
Greenshank from fieldfare hide
We saw very little from either
hide, other than another fifteen Little Egrets on lagoon one, and so after
lunch we walked to shoveler hide on lagoon three.
Broad-bodied Chaser
There was a single
Oystercatcher, two male Ruff, a Black-tailed Godwit, three Curlew, seven Green
Sandpipers and six Greenshanks feeding in front and to the right of the hide and
clearly the conditions here for waders are ideal. One adult and the two juvenile Shelduck were
present and a single Wigeon was of interest but there was little else. Lagoon four produced a single first-summer
Little Gull and three Yellow-legged Gull and at least thirty terns were
present.
Juvenile Shelduck on lagoon three
Oystercatcher on lagoon three
It was nice to see the Pacific
Golden Plover again, which was well supported by a number of waders making the
journey worthwhile.
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