randombirder

An extraordinary day that cast the laments of a 'mediocre' birding autumn well and truly to one side. A twitchy day that started at the stunning St. Aidan's RSPB reserve in South Yorkshire where the long-toed stint showed well in the glorious morning sunshine as it scampered along the scrape with several dunlin .  A juvenile spoonbill was presumably one of the individuals from the breeding success at Fairburn Ings.  A few ruff were present as were around thirty black-tailed godwit , and a single common sandpiper .  A vocal group of bearded tit were flitting past the reedbed. It was a cracking start to the day, but it was only the start.  Heading over to Blacktoft Sands RSPB reserve where the white-tailed plover remained as it has done now for several weeks.  A single curlew sandpiper was present there as were a small group of snipe and a bearded tit low down in the reeds. Ideally wanting to spend more time there, another dash, this time across the county ...