Black-tailed Godwit 200
Avocets
Year: 253 (Red-necked Phalarope)
Phalaropes are always cracking birds, especially females in summer plumage, but my heart sank when I heard it was from the Reception hide at Burton Mere because in the afternoon it's against the light, you're looking through a glass window rendering expensive optics meaningless and it's inevitably too far away for a decent photo. This photo was taken through one of the tiny gaps in the wooden fence at the side of the hide which eliminated the glass problem, but the other problems remain. I dread to think what it would be like if a mega turned up in front of the Reception hide. Imagine the wading equivalent of a Short-toed Eagle....
When I got there it had just flown in the direction of the Inner Marsh Farm hide which would have been ideal, but unfortunately it didn't appear to land there and soon returned to it's favoured spot. A great bird though!
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