Baird's Sandpiper at Reculver plus nice day at Dungeness.

The three of us meet up at 5am &set of for Reculver, we park up at 6.30 & start the long walk down to the Lagoon where the Baird's had been seen on Saturday.
This is a good test for the new knee being the first really long walk since being back on the scene & despite dragging a bit behind the boys it's no problem.
We have our fingers crossed that the bird had stayed over night & with nobody coming back as we walk down we are not to sure, when we arrive a few birders were on the scene & the bird is there we are pleased to be told.
The Baird's was happy to walk about on the other side of the bank with a couple of Dunlin & a Little Stint.
We watch it for a couple hours & despite many more birders arriving & loads of bikers & dog walkers going past the bird is not disturbed.
So after having had our feel of the Baird's we head back on the long walk to the car, on the beach we find many many Ringed Plover, some Sandling, the odd Turnstone,one Wheatear also seen, then 3 Whimbel fly up to give Brian & Jimmy a year tick.
It's still early so we have to make a decision to either go to Oare or Dungeness & as always Dunge wins.
The plan is to drive down Galloways to look for Whinchat & Wheatear & maybe a Pied Flycatcher.
The first two we see many off but not a single Flycatcher despite at least six trips up & down the road.
A trip down to the lighthouse area is a waste of time as the place is swarming with day trippers
& I don't think we saw any birds but we never got out of the car so we never really deserved to see much.
Before we head home it's a quick drive down to the track to the Visitor centre but not much doing so it's off home.

As we leave just like last week a friendly Kestrel poses for some camera work.

And one last bird on the way home when we see a Buzzard sitting on a post for another chance to use the camera.

Baird's Sandpiper

Buzzard