News came through from local birder Adam Bassett of a recently fledged Cuckoo that was being fed by Reed Warblers. The Cuckoo was already up in the trees so could have fledged a few days ago and perhaps unlikly to stay too long being it's long migration to Africa. So I popped down there but despite walking the lehgth of the west bank a few times and checking on adjacent areas, I could not find the bird.
However a few waders on return migration had dropped in overnight, so these were at least some consolation. Two Common Sandpipers were on the sand spit but distant so I did not attempt to photograph. A single Dunlin was on the west side of the sand spit and well away from two more along the southern edge of the sand spit, although they did all meet up later. Adam had seen five Little Ringed Plovers but I only saw three , so maybe two birds had dropped in briefly.
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| Summer plumaged Dunlin with a juvenile Little Ringed Plover. |
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| Dunlin |
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| Great Crested Grebe - In the backwater by the cottages. |
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