Broom GPs - Arctic tern

Another monster late afternoon / evening at Broom having powered through reports and meetings, I headed over to find three arctic tern still present on GLE.  It was an incredible experience watching these polar wanderers fly in close to the viewing screen, against a brisk and biting northeasterly.  It's been a day for them but inland sightings are always special - especially when they turn up locally.

This was certainly up there with my best local birding moments.

Also present was a stunning summer plumage dunlin, common sandpiper, greenshank, two each of the now resident little ringed plover and oystercatcher and clouds of hirundine and few swift coursing through.

A hobby hurtled through on a couple of occasions disturbing everything in its wake - a spectacular sight seeing hirundines swarming and terns charging off in unison.  There was so much activity across this modest sized waterbody.

The 2cy common gull was present again along with two little egret, two yellow wagtail, two teal, shelduck and a singing willow warbler.