Our first trip out for a while. we head up to Lincolnshire to a real favorite reserve of our's RSPB Frampton.
Left home just after 5 am and after a trouble-free run arrive at 7.30 on one of those mornings when you are not too sure what to wear as it was a bit cold but clear and looked like it was going to be a nice day.
A birder tells us that the White-tailed Plover was showing well from East hide & that is a fair walk but that's where we head. Once in the hide, the bird is indeed showing very well.
Over the next hour, the Plover keeps heading closer to us for some great views of a really nice-looking Plover.
As we scan from outside the hide we find a couple of year ticks when Jimmy picks out at least 3 Little Stints and 2 Little-ringed Plover.
On leaving the hide we head up to the sea wall and walk around while scanning across the reserve that had a high level of water on it.
Jimmy soon gets us on a Whimbrel and then he finds a nice Spotted Redshank, then Brian finds a pair of Garganey at a distance but a year tick. So 6 good year ticks to get the list moving again.
It is really a nice warm day now, so a real pleasure to have made the trip today. It's a pity Robert couldn't make it today as Frampton was a different place today than the first time he visited a few weeks back when the reserve was lacking birds and was really blowing a gale that day. Hope not too long before our next visit.
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