Catching up with sightings from the last few days with thanks to Joe Hughes, John Olley and Allan Jones.
Friday 19th August 2016
Castle Lake - Marsh Harrier, Little Stint, 3 Dunlin, 16 Snipe, 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 60 Curlew and 8 Ruff.
Sunday 21st August 2016
Castle Lake - a superb selection of waders - 10 Curlew Sandpiper (all juveniles and a new site record), 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 9+ Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper and 10 Curlew. Other birds seen included a juvenile Black-necked Grebe, 270 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, 350 Greylag Geese, 20 Little Grebe, 1 Wigeon, 2 Cormorant and 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Stoneybeck Lake - 1 juvenile Little Grebe, 6 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe and a Yellow Wagtail.
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