swilly for dawn
cattlegate pond now looks too dry for waders so onto the east reedbed, not before watching a very showy cetti's warbler,
thats better 2 blackwits and 2 ruff plus 6 dunlin and a couple of snipe along with a nice little egret,
it was warm by 8am even the larger dragonflies were up
a few bearded tits pinging from the reeds with a couple seen in flight, this was nothing........approaching astley all i could i was beardies pinging away, as i got the junction i could see them on top of a small willow at least 12 with more calling from the reeds...........stunning
beardies
blacktoft sands
usually i dont like hides, so its not somewhere i think of visiting, i did my usual have i got money to get in do they take card?
i decided to join the rspb, i was a member decades ago and at 16 i was a volunteer warden so sod it ill join
the white tailed plover looks like its about to die, but i guess its ready to move on as its head has gone a brown/grey colour and just resting still smart bird.
water rail ran over to the reeds lots of ruff and blackwits 2 green sandpipers 3 marsh harriers one wing tagged red 12, a nice bright wheatear landed at townend plus more little egrets and bearded tits
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