After an afternoon out with my wife and the dog in Weymouth (watching the motocross on the beach) I arrived back at the apartment and saw a message from Adam Bassett advising me of a White-rumped Sandpiper at Lodmoor; all of a 15 minute walk from where we were staying! So I collected my gear together and off I went. I soon located the birders watching the bird and got some nice views over a 15 minutes period. It then moved out of sight to the consternation of the local birders who were still arriving! I left a short while before dusk and it had not been seen again but almost certainly still on the reserve.
For a while it was feeding next to two Dunlin which gave a good comparison. I did briefly see it in flight which made the ID easier. However the well defined whitish supercillium, white underparts, streaked breast, relatively short blackish legs and long wings help to identify this species.
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| White-rumped Sandpiper |
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| Mediterranean Gull - A first winter bird with colour ring Yellow "RS" but unfortunately I was not able to read the lower character/s. |
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