Monday 7th July: Godwit, Little Ringed Plovers and Sandpipers
Overnight and this morning heavy rain though stopping at around 9am long enough to get out to the Meadow.
The LITTLE RINGED PLOVERS were still at "stint corner" though now the numbers have swelled to 9. There were also 4 COMMON SANDPIPERS along the north shore. After my earlier comments about the relative scarcity of this lovely sandpiper on the Meadow it's good to have had so many recent sightings. A single BLACK-TAILED GODWIT dropped in for a feed on the south shore. There were 3 LITTLE EGRETS this morning and the COMMON TERNS were still around as usual. A rough estimate of the number of black-headed gulls did indeed come out at around 200.
The godwit on the floods © Norman Gregory
The LITTLE RINGED PLOVERS were still at "stint corner" though now the numbers have swelled to 9. There were also 4 COMMON SANDPIPERS along the north shore. After my earlier comments about the relative scarcity of this lovely sandpiper on the Meadow it's good to have had so many recent sightings. A single BLACK-TAILED GODWIT dropped in for a feed on the south shore. There were 3 LITTLE EGRETS this morning and the COMMON TERNS were still around as usual. A rough estimate of the number of black-headed gulls did indeed come out at around 200.
The godwit on the floods © Norman Gregory