A quick late afternoon visit to Holden Creek revealed yet more waders - one group on the channel was made up of 14 least sandpiper & 1 western sandpiper.
Two greater yellowlegs were nearby, and another feeding flock of c20 calidrids was out on the flashes - the low sun made them tricky to say the least, though a couple of dunlin were identifiable amongst them. Later they joined the others on the channel, and they all appeared to be westerns, apart from the two dunlin.
I think it's going to get rather interesting (and bloody frustrating!) over the coming weeks...
Absolutely brilliant - that has to be the best blog entry title you've done yet!
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Cheers Greg - I was rather hoping that someone might comment on it! Incidentally, I haven't forgotten about the estuary map, I'm just too busy birding at the moment...! I'll put one up on the blog soon. Hope those Yorkshire birds are keeping you busy!
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