Brilliant day

Brilliant days birding over here. Although all the stilts had moved on. Did have one very strange wader left, slightly larger than nearby Ruff, shortish bill medium legs (pink/yellow) dark brown back, pale flanks with vertical stripes, but the most oustanding feature was the pure white head, throat and upper breast. Possibly an aberrant Ruff but not shown in any of my field guides.

New species for today, Cettis warbler, brilliant views as it sat on the mud beside a reed after being flushed by a House Sparrow. Graceful Prina perched on top of the reeds, Green Sandpiper at the same location and Reed Warblers by the bucket load.

Other things to note, only picked up two Black Winged Stilts and no Avocets, total of 5 Red Wattled Plovers was the record count so far and 9 Snipe flushed from the White Tailed Plover pool was also the most recorded to date.

Hopefully back out on Friday Morning.