Little Marlow Birding

Unfortunately the Little Stint that Alan Stevens found the day before had disappeared, so I had to be content with the birds below.
What was noticeable is the number of birds returning after breeding, either to spend the winter in the Little Marlow area or in transit to their wintering grounds.  So five Teal were present and Gull numbers rising to several hundred.  Sand Martins were feeding above the SE corner but appeared to drift off SE.

Dunlin - This juvenile was asleep when I first arrived.

A while later the Dunlin was feed at the end of the sand spit.

Two Foxes went out onto the sand spit causing the Geese to move well away.
The above photo is rather misleading in this respect due to the
 foreshortening effect of the high magnification..

This Cormorant has picked up a fishermans lure.
I watched the bird for several minutes before losing sight behind the island.

I could not decide if the Cormorant was trying to discard or swallow the lure.
I suspect the hook had got caught and it could not do either.  If so it will be a sad end for this bird.

Lesser Black-backed Gull.  This colour ringed bird has a Black ring on it's right tarsus and a white ring inscribed "WO".  It was ringed in Holland in 2012 and has been seen at Little Marlow in the past two years.