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The Kentish Plover twitch! Friday 27th August: Meeting up with John Hague at Cossington Meadows after a morning looking at the gulls at Shawell and seeing 3 Yellow-legged Gulls, we both hoping for some wader action or possibly a Redstart or Whinchat on the reserve. Scanning over the tern pool the only thing of note was a group of five Wigeons and six Shovelers, but not much else. Moving into the upper marsh section, we slowly scanned the marsh, when suddenly John shouted Spotted Crake , Fu*king Spotted Crake! Now as he said this I thought he was joking, but then realised that he wasn't!! After a couple of minutes of "heart in the mouth" situation the Crake showed again briefly as it ran along the shoreline, and then the celebrations began. We phoned out the news of the bird and then waited for the usual faces to appear.The Crake showed again briefly 10 minutes later but the bird wasn't playing ball. So after this the first birders started to appear, Jez Robson, Roge...

Here is a few shots of the birds I co found and saw over the last couple of days! The events of weekend will appear shortly!?!

After finishing my latest entry(see below) and what goes and happens but a Pectoral Sandpiper is found at Eyebrook Reservoir! (Thanks to John and Colin for letting me of the bird). Although I didn't need it for the year as I had connected with the two spring birds at Cossington Meadows, you never say no to a Yankee wader in the county. So after finishing my early shift at the general hospital, I was soon at EBR, but one slightly problem happen as I got out of car, the bloody thing flew off!, Bugger!! So over the next half an hour I searched for the bird around the island but of course I should have just gone to the inflow end as the bird reappeared there in the matter of a few minutes. Reaching the inflow end I meet up with Dave Mack and his daughter Hilde and spoke about next week if a biggy was found on the Scillies? Scoping from the roadside I picked up the Sandpiper in a large group of Lapwings as it feed on the muddy shoreline, and as usual I took a few crappy record shots of...