Nice to see thet Turnstone on Neumann's today at lunchtime, a real cracker of a bird. Sure common on the coast, but it's been a few years since my last on the patch so this full summer bird was most enjoyable . It was feeding busily on stilt island, which also has at least 3 active Black-headed Gull nests. As far as I know they have never successfully nested on patch, although there have been plenty of failed (usually 1st year birds) on Haydn's, which also has several nests this year.
Also on Neumann's today there was a Little Ringed Plover. Having finally arrived now there is some mud starting to appear in the heat wave, they may well yet settle down to breed.
On Sunday (20th) I finally caught up with 5 Black-tailed Godwits and a Greenshank up on Haydn's, the same day as my first LRP of the year (latest ever!). There had been over 100 godwits earlier in the week, so I vey much caught the back end of the passage.
Weather looking very promising for the next few days. Here's hoping for some late wader action!
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