Pectoral sandpiper at Rainham marshes

A 35 mile drive to Gunners park See's Jimmy & I arrive just after 10 am,  only to be told that the Red-Rumped swallow had last been seen at 10 o'clock & had flown off north west.
We stay for at least a couple of hours passing the time talking to John p & friend also meet up with Marco who arrived with bike, nothing doing with the target bird so we leave Marco still looking & head off to Rainham for the Pec sandpiper.
On arrival John & mate had beaten us here & were tucking into a nice sausage roll & a coffee in the cafe. We head down to target pool not stopping for refreshment just in case the bird legs it, one dip today is one to many.
After 20 minutes of looking Jimmy picks out the Pec & gets everybody on it, John has reached us now & we put him onto the bird, then Mr Evans turns up & once again he is put onto it without having to look to hard.
So just one tick for the day but one is better than none & you don't see a Pectoral sandpiper that often.

Peregrine

A long way off so not bad.

Pectoral sandpiper