Several visits to the Flashes over the weekend in promising easterlies. Saturday morning was quiet, but an evening return revealed 3 ringed plovers, 2 common sands and 2 LRP. Early Sunday morning started with 2 2nd-s Mediterranean gulls circling Neumanns before heading west. An avocet was a nice surprise, it lingered until 8.30 before debunking to Sandbach. Then around 7.45 a flock of around 25 black-tailed godwits circled and seemed to depart, with 17 dropping in half an hour later! Ace to watch migration in action. Yesterday's waders were still present too, and 2 late teal were notable. Greylags and Canadas have young and lapwings were (as usual) defending their doomed chicks on Ashtons. The pair of redshank were again on there, perhaps settling to breed out of sight. Also nice to see swift numbers building and a remarkably showy garden warbler.
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