After a long wait the Wood Sandpiper finally stepped out for good views accompanied by 3 snipe, 3 green sands,a juv lapwing,juv LRP and a water rail. Noisy Canadas splashed down to create some disturbance amongst the black headed gulls and their young whilst in the foreground young sedge warbs, reed bunts and reed warbs all jumped about in the same bush.
Earlier at 6am the lone whimbrel called as it flew off to the point. By high tide the point was occupied by wind surfers to make a change from dogs so I didn't stay to look further.
Pleasing to look at, the Wood sandpiper is facing awful danger in Africa where it is being netted and sold in markets both dead and alive to cater for different tastes, shall we say, plus some are being poisoned when eating poison laced snails in Kenyan rice paddies and then sold with inevitable consequences for the children who eat them. Birdlife Partners are actively struggling with this issue and many others around the world and rely on the might of the RSPB in many ways so please don't stop your sub because they have spent a rumoured £2M on those ads!