Monday morning update

We set off early this morning to see if we could find the Temminck's Stint which was found yesterday by Martyn Yapp, we had no luck ourselves in finding the bird but it was seen later on in the day. It is quite hard to spot a bird that small with all the different channels that are on the main pit so sometimes you have to sit and wait for the bird to show. The trip to Tucklesholme wasn't all a waste of time we did manage to see the usual six Little Ringed Plovers and the two Ringed Plovers, also a single Green Sandpiper was seen a Little Egret and the Whitethroat was heard.

We spent the rest of the morning at Whitemoor Haye in hope to find some Wheatears. When we arrived we had many singing Whitethroat and heard a Little Ringed Plover. Further along the track the were a lot of Yellowhammers but couldn't seen any Corn Buntings. On the ploughed field next to the grass runway we were able to find two Wheatears a male and female, three White Wagtails and a single Yellow Wagtail.

Tucklesholme today's morning list:

Green Sandpiper (1) - Temminck's Stint (not by us) - Little Egret (1) - Whitethroat - Little Ringed Plovers (6) - Ringed Plover (2) - Raven

Have a good bank holiday all - Joe and Martyn