Pectoral Sandpiper
Another good day on site with a new bird for the reserve year list, when a Pectoral Sandpiper was found this evening from Ron Barker Hide, hopefully it will stick around over the next few days. Other sightings included 5 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 2 Dunlin, 8 Black tailed Godwit. A Green Sandpiper was on the Mere in the morning.
At least 4 Marsh Harriers were seen including a new bird with wing tags, a preliminary search on the internet seems to show this bird is probably a Scottish bird from Tayside? Hopefully this will be confirmed soon. Several Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk and the usual Kestrels are still around.
1 or 2 Grey Wagtails were around the Mere in the morning and a Goldcrest was in bushes by the In Focus shop. Still up to 70 + Stock Dove being seen and the Kingfisher was showing well again today.
A few Brown Hares active most days
