Monday 25th August: Whimbrel
This morning cloudy and cool.
The GREENSHANK and the RUFF were both still present this morning. 3 RINGED PLOVER and 2 DUNLIN tucked away down in stint corner. 8 or so SNIPE feeding on the mud near Burgess creek. 2 COMMON SANDPIPERS near the north cove, a LITTLE EGRET flew over and a kingfisher hunting in the Burgess Field NR ditch.
Lots of ducks this morning with at least 50 gadwall, perhaps around 15 shoveler, 6 or so widgeon and 20+ teal.
Lunchtime update: a BLACK-TAILED GODWIT was present in the Burgess channel and a WHIMBREL landed briefly in the south channel before a lapwing chased it off and it flew away to the south.
The greenshank still on the floods this morning © Adam Hartley
The GREENSHANK and the RUFF were both still present this morning. 3 RINGED PLOVER and 2 DUNLIN tucked away down in stint corner. 8 or so SNIPE feeding on the mud near Burgess creek. 2 COMMON SANDPIPERS near the north cove, a LITTLE EGRET flew over and a kingfisher hunting in the Burgess Field NR ditch.
Lots of ducks this morning with at least 50 gadwall, perhaps around 15 shoveler, 6 or so widgeon and 20+ teal.
Lunchtime update: a BLACK-TAILED GODWIT was present in the Burgess channel and a WHIMBREL landed briefly in the south channel before a lapwing chased it off and it flew away to the south.
The greenshank still on the floods this morning © Adam Hartley