Pectoral Sandpiper

Lade  - warm, dry and sunny, ne 2 - Despite flogging the local patch to death on a daily basis its been pretty much the same fare throughout since before the weekend with a scattering of  Robins, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Whitethroats and a Lesser Whitethroat around the ponds; hirundines overhead; Yellow Wagtails, Stonechats and Meadow Pipits grounded on the Desert and several Sparrowhawks and Marsh Harriers across the site. A party of 14 Bar-tailed Godwits briefly dropped
in on south lake island yesterday and at least 400 Sandwich Terns were on the bay this evening along with hundreds of Dunlins and Knots.

                                          Bar-tailed Godwits, Lade south island
  At the point earlier a circuit of the land produced similar passage migrants to Lade, plus two Willow Warblers in the Moat and a Wheatear on the Desert. The obligatory Peregrine was on its usual pylon perch and a Bonxie was chasing the Sandwich Terns out from the hide.
  Visited Hanson hide at midday for distant views of a newly arrived Pectoral Sandpiper (some quality at last!) where also five Ruffs, 110 Golden Plovers, 80 Lapwings, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed and Bar-tailed Godwits, Cattle Egret and Garganey.
  Dave Scott had much more joy than I did with photographing the Pec this afternoon on ARC, as testified by the pic below.

                                Pectoral Sandpiper, ARC (by Dave Scott)