Scanning the sea from Castle Point this morning I noticed a small black and white bird on the water, which on closer inspection turned out to be my first Slavonian Grebe here for quite a few years. Then about 20 yards away, another one. The first bird then got up and flew to join the other one. As I was watching them a passing diver distracted me, after which I couldn't find them again.
That was the highlight of a session which also included a Gannet, nine Red-throated and one Great Northern Diver and a Greylag Goose.
Three Purple Sandpipers in the roost and 13 Turnstones on the stone breakwater at the point.
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| Turnstones |
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| Typical view of a Purple Sandpiper |
