Thursday 4 June 2009 - Drayton Bassett Pits - Wood Sandpiper etc - 03/06/09

Wednesday 3rd June 2009

Drayton Bassett Pits, Staffordshire

Another pretty impressive evening at Drayton Pits.  The elusive adult Wood Sandpiper was eventually picked up feeding around the furthest islands and along the far edge of north pit.  Also in the same area there was a Common Greenshank feeding around the resting Gulls.  Among the usual Black-headed Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls there was a pristine adult Mediterranean Gull (a different bird to the usual 'green-ringed' adult) and a 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gull.  Other species included 18 Common Shelduck, 2 Northern Shoveler, 3 Common Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 9 Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper but there was no sign of the recent Ruddy Shelduck or Avocet.  

A distant adult Mediteranean Gull amongst Black-headed Gulls - Drayton Bassett Pits, Staffordshire - June 2009