Buff-breasted Sandpiper OMFL!!

Following a day out to Kent to see a rare breeding bird in Kent (any guesses?) with Brian Moore and John Waters, I got a text message via the LROS twitter feed to say that a Buff-breasted Sandpiper had been found by Matt Berriman on Lagoon 4 at Rutty Water. As I knew it was a first for Vc 55(Leicestershire & Rutland), it wasn't hard to persuade Brian to take a detour to Rutland Water on way home.
We arriving on site around 8.30pm and were soon watching the Sandpiper as it feed on the Lagoon with a small group of Ringed Plovers. GET IN!! Buff-breasted Sand on my county list!!
Talking to a few familiar faces we all said that it was about time that Buff-breasted Sandpiper had finally been added to the county list and well done to Matt for finding a cool looking bird!

After finishing work yesterday afternoon and the Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still being reported on Lagoon 4, I meet up with John Hague and took a few digishots of the bird at Plover hide until it flew off NW around 7.30pm.

Comments

"Rare breeding bird in Kent" - that's presumably the pair of Black Woodpeckers which are being suppressed at ********. How did you hear about them?!
davidearlgray said…
We basically saw them by accident! and then reported them to the bird news service oops!! ;-]
Anonymous said…
Are you two being fucking serious?
davidearlgray said…
Of course we are John! ;-]
When have you ever known me not to be serious about birds John?
Anonymous said…
I know what it is now anyway... The RSPB have released the news. I'd pretty much guessed what was breeding there from earlier pager reports.

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