Wednesday 13 May 2009

Wednesday Evening 13th May 09 - Redshank (no not spotted)

17:00 to 17:30
Wind eased, dull, very dull.
Plovers of various denomination still on site, as were a pair of copulating Common Terns. First Yellow Wagtail i've seen at the site in a week. Numerous swifts, swallows and martins over.
And so to the Redshank. First viewed through bins from the top of the hill the bird looked universally dark all over, very grey underneath with no trace of lighter parts and i'd convinced myself it wasn't a common and as it stayed permantly in the shallows got no real idea of leg length, but there still wasn't something quite right about it. Thinking maybe it might have been a spotted I alerted the local network to the possibility but didn't want to call it as with the light and distance I just wasn't sure. Lo and behold Rob Hill turned up and confirmed, yep it was a common all along.
Yep I know, should have gone to Specsavers.

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