The Lincolnshire Bird Club

A nice group of wader species on the reservoir this lunch time:
Greenshank,Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover,Black tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, Lapwing and several Ruff.
7 x Little Tern at Witham Mouth.
1 x (f) Wheatear on the walk back.
Several Tree Sparrows back at Plummers car park.

Cheers,
Matthew.

Add Redshank and Turnstone to that wader list from Freiston (reservoir not lagoon). Sorry, forgot.

Thanks,
Matt

Hello Matthew

Interesting to read your wader records from Freiston/Cut End my "neck of the woods" as they say! I was able to record both Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper there on 2 August. Both were with a flock of Dunlin about 260 in number. I have found such singles can be easily overlooked and difficult to separate particularly when the light is poor.
The Little Stint was more than likely a young bird. I particularly noticed that the white breast was suffused with buff. It only took to the wing very briefly when a Canada decided to crashland alongside the Dunlin and briefly showed a narrow white wing-bar, but it was not very conspicuous. Why do the American's refer to them as "Peeps"? What an aweful name for so delightful a shore bird.
The Curlew Sandpiper was a somewhat scruffy individual. How nice it would have been in breeding plumage! I suspect this may also have been a juvenile.


Kind regards

George