Frampton Marsh RSPB

 We left Bempton Cliffs mid-morning and headed to Frampton Marsh in Lincolnshire, which was roughly on the way home.  It also had been home to a Pacific Golden Plover over the past few days! It took over two hours to get there.

On arriving we found the car park almost full so there were plenty of birders on site.  We checked in at the information centre and were amazed by the large number of waders in view.  There were hundreds of Black-tailed Godwits and Knot, many of which were is partial summer plumage.  Also on view were plenty of Avocet, Dunlin, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper and Ruff.

Keen to see the Pacific Golden Plover we soon walked towards the sea wall to view the field where the Plover was. It did not disappoint and was on view all of the time we were there.  In the nearby pools we had very close up views of a Wood Sandpiper, Avocets, Little Ringed Plovers, a Snipe and about 100 Dunlin (see video clip).

We then moved up onto the sea wall to view some of the other pools and picked up Spotted Redshank, Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Greenshank, Oystercatcher and a Whimbrel, the latter on the seaward side of the wall.  In the distance there were a group of at least eight Spoonbills.

On the way back to the car park we stopped off at the visitor centre for another look (and a coffee) and added Green Sandpiper to our wader list.  This list ended up at 17 which was pretty good but with a bit more time we could have explored the hides on the reserve and increased on this.

Pacific Golden Plover - Showing some of the key ID features of this species.
The video clip below has clearer views.

A short video clip of three of the birds seen at Frampton Marsh, including the Pacific Golden Plover

Avocet feeding close to the track.

Dunlin - Lots present feeding avidly.

A Dunlin with colour ring Yellow "CX1" 
Details of the origins of this bird will be added here in due course.

Black-tailed Godwit - A rubbish photo taken through glass at the information centre. 
White + White on right leg and Yellow over Orange on the left leg. 
Details of the origins will be added here in due course.