Tuesday 15th July: Ruff
This morning, overcast and a little cooler than previously.
Again there was a quiet feel to the Meadow. The number of noisy black-headed gulls has gone down which may have something to do with it. There were only two or three LITTLE EGRETS present this morning. There were two REDSHANKS and a single RUFF along the north shore. There was also a single small wader that was initially reported as a probable little stint though it has subsequently been identified as a juvenile DUNLIN.
In the evening the ruff and juvenile dunlin had gone but there were 5 adult DUNLIN present.
A heron and an egret on the floods © Peter Styles
Again there was a quiet feel to the Meadow. The number of noisy black-headed gulls has gone down which may have something to do with it. There were only two or three LITTLE EGRETS present this morning. There were two REDSHANKS and a single RUFF along the north shore. There was also a single small wader that was initially reported as a probable little stint though it has subsequently been identified as a juvenile DUNLIN.
In the evening the ruff and juvenile dunlin had gone but there were 5 adult DUNLIN present.
A heron and an egret on the floods © Peter Styles