Monday 28th July: Ruff & Common Sandpipers
Another glorious start to the day with the promise of hot day ahead.
This morning on the Meadow: 1 moulting male RUFF looking very strange. In the usual place at stint corner (*) 2 adult LITTLE RINGED PLOVER and along the north shore 6 COMMON SANDPIPER. At least 12 grey herons dotted about the place and about half a dozen LITTLE EGRETS. The COMMON TERNS still about and the usual vast hoard of black-headed gulls with the odd lesser black-backed gull amongst them. Plenty of lapwings around as well as the usual large number of adult and juvenile pied wagtails. The swallows and martins still congregating around the boats. Quite a few starlings around as well.
One of many lapwings on the floods © Pete Styles
This morning on the Meadow: 1 moulting male RUFF looking very strange. In the usual place at stint corner (*) 2 adult LITTLE RINGED PLOVER and along the north shore 6 COMMON SANDPIPER. At least 12 grey herons dotted about the place and about half a dozen LITTLE EGRETS. The COMMON TERNS still about and the usual vast hoard of black-headed gulls with the odd lesser black-backed gull amongst them. Plenty of lapwings around as well as the usual large number of adult and juvenile pied wagtails. The swallows and martins still congregating around the boats. Quite a few starlings around as well.
One of many lapwings on the floods © Pete Styles