A trip to Oare Marsh gives me the chance to see the Bonaparte's Gull that Brian & Jimmy picked up a couple of weeks ago. We start off scanning from the road & it's only minutes before a single Curlew Sandpiper flies in to be followed by six more gives me the first tick of the day, a Spotted Redshank along with 2 Common Sandpiper, Dulin,loads of Godwits,Avocet,Ruff & 3 Snipe are picked out but no sign of the Bonaparte's so with the sun making it hard to see across the scrape as is usual here we head up to the boat ramp & scan the mud flats in search of the Gull.
This is achieved without to much trouble along with 3 Whimbrel as they walked about feeding on the mud.
On the walk along the top trail a few young Bearded Tits entertain us & a couple of Turtle Doves show in the distance.
A quick look in at Cliffe Pools on the way home in the hope of getting a better view of the Marsh Sandpiper that we saw last week ends in a dip. We do see over 40 Greenshank mostly asleep out on the scrape.
A nice warm morning & I pick up two ticks & not to far from home.
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