I booked my second visit to survey in Colchester for today and arrived early at 6am to get going whist the birds where at their busiest. The survey went well without any specific highlights and I'd planned to have a couple of hours at Abberton after but a quick check and the Essex Wassap group showed a Pectoral Sandpiper at Old Hall marsh so I headed there instead and made the long walk out to the bale field. (When I say long its only 1.5miles but I'd just done about 5 miles walking the farm)
I spotted the American Golden Plover in its usual spot out by the breach but swiftly moved on to a small group gathered by the wind pump. They weren't on the Pec but instead put me on the Temminck's Stint which was a welcome year tick in itself. Following that I set about trying to find the Pec on my own and eventually located it and put two other birder on it too before it vanished again. I then found two Wood Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, Ringed and Little ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank, four Dunlin and two Ruff. The bale field holds good numbers of breeding Lapwing, Redshank and Avocet along with lots of Oystercatcher. On the walk back to the car a lady stopped to ask me what this bird is and it was the American Golden Plover that had made a rare trip to the near side of the river giving me an opportunity to grab a few record shots.
Year list now 205
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| American Golden Plover |
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| Ruff |
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