Early August is a good time to catch up with waders at high-tide. Knot, Black-tailed Godwits, Bar-tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Golden Plovers and Ruff are especially colourful at the moment. A lot more colourful than they will be in the Autumn anyway. Meanwhile, some waders like Wood Sandpipers, Whimbrel and Little Stints may have even gone when classes resume in September. There is even the chance of an extremely rare bird turning up, like a White-Rumped Sandpiper at Kilnsea Wetlands. It is best to turn up before the high tide, and make yourself comfortable, and wait for more waders to arrive. If the high tide is relatively early in the morning, you may get the places to yourself, but the later in the day the high tide occurs, the more likely that the venues will be busy.
Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Little Stint
Little Stints
Immature Yellow Wagtail
House Martin
House Martin
Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk
Painted Lady
Common Blue
Wall
Wall
Ruff
ditto
ditto
Ruff
Little Stint
immature LRP?
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Knot
Black-tailed Godwit [2nd from right]
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Knot
[Red] Knot
Gatekeeper
Wall
Wall
Golden Plover
ditto
Dunlin
Dunlin & immature LRP?
Golden Plover [Dunlin & Ringed Plover]
Golden Plover [Dunlin & Ringed Plover]
Spoonbill (and Redshank)
White-Rumped Sandpiper [left] and Dunlin
White-Rumped Sandpiper [left] and Dunlin
Whimbrel
Ringed Plover
Knot & Redshank
ditto
ditto
ditto
Wall
Back at home one of the local Buzzards now seems a little easier to approach.
Buzzard
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