Knot 9
Whimbrel 1
Curlew 3
Green sandpiper 1
Common sandpiper 2
Avocet 4
Dunlin 15
Ruff 5
Little ringed plover 1
Lapwing 200
Oystercatcher 2
Snipe 1
Black-tailed godwit 1 summer plumage
Redshank 5
Year: 271 (Stilt sandpiper)
This was my fourth Stilt sandpiper, following birds at Frodsham (April - September 1984), Cumbria (September 2008) and Neumann's Flash (August 2013). I suppose that the long staying Frodsham bird must have been in summer plumage, but I don't remember it being as nice as todays bird. It showed very well in the morning from the hide, in good light, but frustratingly refused to fly onto the mud in front of the hide, or the causeway pool where it had given stunning views earlier in the week. However it would be churlish to complain too much after seeing such a smart bird on a lovely day, and with 14 other species of wader.
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