Saturday 23rd August: Greenshank, Ruff & Godwits
This morning a perfect early autumn day with bright sunshine and no wind.
Bird-wise, things pretty similar to yesterday: 22 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS remained mostly hanging out near stint corner. The GREENSHANK was feeding initially in the south channel before moving close to the north cove. The RUFF was still present near the north cove as well. There were about a dozen or so SNIPE feeding close to Burgess creek. Also present were 4 RINGED PLOVER and a couple of DUNLIN in the north channel as well as a single COMMON SANDPIPER . One LITTLE EGRET present on the north shore.
One of the many snipe feeding by Burgess Creek © Adam Hartley
The greenshank, which has been present for some time now © Adam Hartley
Bird-wise, things pretty similar to yesterday: 22 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS remained mostly hanging out near stint corner. The GREENSHANK was feeding initially in the south channel before moving close to the north cove. The RUFF was still present near the north cove as well. There were about a dozen or so SNIPE feeding close to Burgess creek. Also present were 4 RINGED PLOVER and a couple of DUNLIN in the north channel as well as a single COMMON SANDPIPER . One LITTLE EGRET present on the north shore.
One of the many snipe feeding by Burgess Creek © Adam HartleyThe greenshank, which has been present for some time now © Adam Hartley