Best Day yet

07:45 Keptie Pond Area.

The large flock of Ruff have moved on, however 56 Still remain in this location
A good showing of 11 Marsh Sandpiper in one flock.
2 Spotted Redshank (1 moulting into summer plumage)
1 Common Sandpiper
8 Common Swift
4 Kentish Plover
Numerous House Sparrows
2 Kentish Plover chicks, no more than two days old.

08:00 Spynie

2 Black Winged Stilt
2 Ruff
1 Spotted Redshank
1 Common Redshank
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper, giving good comparisons with nearby Green Sandpiper.
3 Kentish Plover
1 Laughing Dove
2 Collard Dove
1 Male Grey Wagtail (full plumage)

08:25

3 Red Wattled Plover all calling and flying around.
7 Ruff
1 Marsh Sandpiper
2 Black Winged Stilt
1 Snipe
1 Chiffchaff seen and heard from reed bed
1 Great Reed Warbler, huge bird, really strange seeing something you know should be Reed Warbler sized but actually the size of a Starling!!
1 Female Stonechat
1 Male White Spotted Bluethroat, full song and full plumage. Stunning views
Brilliant views of an Isabelline Shrike, feeding on beetles on a sand bank, down to 10 ft. Lonf red/rufous tail.
1 Starling
1 Crested Lark
2 Swallows

A really productive and enjoyable morning birding.