American golden Plover at Oare

The boys need Grey Phalarope for a year tick, so we head to Birchington in Kent near Margate in the hope the one seen there has stayed for another day.
It's under 2 hours to get there so not bad.It's not too bad weather wise & we arrive to find a few birders already there.
The tide is out & there has been no sign of the bird,so we spread out & scan for the next 2 hours without any sign of it,the tide comes in but it is a no show.
We give up & head off to Oare as the American golden Plover has been reported again.
The boys have already ticked this bird but I still need it for a year tick.
We arrive & I have my tick within minutes as a lot of people have the Plover in view & I get great views when we get get onto it.
It was really easy to pick the bird out from the group of Golden Plover that it was with, being smaller darker & a nice bright eye stripe to set it apart from the others.

The American Plover

Side on at back