After arriving at the reserve car park,i had a quick scoff before heading over to the reserves 360 Hide first.Prolonged viewing from this superbly situated watch point had me enjoying fantastic point blank views of the locally bred Avocets and some beautiful Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits,both of which received plenty of attention from my camera.
Notable species from this watch point included Common and Green Sandpipers,Ruff,Spotted Redshank,2 partially summer plumaged Curlew Sandpipers and a juvenile Little Stint.The latter two species showed beautifully through the scope,particularly the lovely Curlew Sands which were beginning to lose that striking brick red breeding plumage.
After enjoying my fill of the superb species on offer and no sign unfortunately of the White-rumped Sandpiper from the previous days,i began to explore the remainder of the reserve,heading for East Hide.
There was less birds from this watch point,but i enjoyed some superb views of 2 adult and 2 juvenile Little-ringed Plovers and a juvenile Common Sandpiper.After taking loads of images of the cracking Little-ringed's i moved on to explore more of the reserve.
Walking along the sea bank,a certain surprise reminiscent of the previous weekend,came in the form of two summering Dark-bellied Brent Geese watched feeding on the saltmarsh.Prolonged scanning from here added a hunting juvenile Marsh Harrier to the days sightings and 3 more Ruff and a Spotted Redshank.
Heading back to the car park,a fairly confiding Skylark allowed me to approach and take some images of it before it was flushed by an inconsiderate dog walker,bloody typical!.
After a quick change of clothing and some food i decided to try and look for the reported Turtle Doves which unfortunately i could not find,but a Green Woodpecker was nice to see all the same.
After a well timed message from birding buddy Tony Hood,i made my way back to the 360 Hide as the previous days White-rumped Sandpiper had just been relocated.After waiting my turn to sit down in the hide,i then spent the following hour or so watching this american vagrant,albeit at fairly long range.Thankfully i had seen one here the previous year which showed very well.
So again this fantastic reserve impressed and i travelled home back to North Linc's a happy boy after another brilliant visit.
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| Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit. |
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| Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit. |
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| Juvenile Avocet. |
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| Juvenile Lapwing. |
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| Juvenile Common Sandpiper. |
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| Juvenile Dunlin. |
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| Female Little-ringed Plover. |
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| Juvenile Little-ringed Plover. |
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| Male Ruff. |
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| Little Egret. |
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| Little Egret. |
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| Skylark. |
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