Wednesday 15 July 2015

Wader passage hotting up

I slept in this morning again, Marek was out early seeing 2 Green Sandpiper, by lunchtime, 2 Common Sandpiper had joined them, by late lunchtime, 6 Little ringed Plover (1 juv) were there.

This LRP count is the second highest return passage number, 11 being recorded one day later on July 16th 1983, comprising 4 adults, 4 locally bred juvs and 3 more passage juvs just off the park...if we can justify counting them too?

Anyway, clearly waders are on the move, making it worth 2-3 visits a day at different times of day, I might even be getting out for the odd dusk session, hoping for more Black-tailed Godwits, or better still a Greenshank.

As I was about to leave a Raven was circling over the landfill and headed off SE before diving down East of Lea Farm itself, the first report since 6th April.

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