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Over the last couple of days I have tried to see a Red-footed Falcon which was reported at Rutland Water but seemingly didn't show to the majority of the local birders and I think a piece of string was involved?! However I did see a couple of year ticks in the form of a lovely Wood Sandpiper on Lagoon 4 and a Hobby over Lagoon 3 (or was it a distant Red footed Falcon?;-]). Following this I return to familiar surroundings and back to the local patch and three good year ticks. The first was a Hobby hunting over Watermead CP North on the 28th. Then yesterday I found a corking Black Tern feeding over King Lear's lake, Watermead CP North briefly mid afternoon and then moving on to Cossington Meadows to see if any migrants had dropped in due to the weather conditions? Although most of the reserve was quiet, Hobley Lake was a little gold mine when it came to migrants. Over a period of an hour and half I saw a brief Sandwich Tern flying through the valley, another Black Tern ...

Hi all, here is a list of sightings I saw yesterday down the Soar Valley. Wanlip Meadows LRWT: Most of the sightings were on the scrape (except for the Hobby!) 1 Juvenile Wood Sandpiper 1 Greenshank 4 Green Sandpipers 6+ Snipe 1 Hobby Watermead CP North: 1 Juvenile Sandwich Tern seen on King Lear's Lake between 16.10 and 17.45pm when it flew off low east. 8 Common Terns (including 3 juveniles) over King's Lear's Lake. So looking at the sightings I had a pretty good afternoon down the valley finding a Wood Sand on the scrape and then putting the icing on the cake by the sighting of the Juv Sandwich Tern flying around King Lear's Lake!! Some times local patch working does have it rewards.