Little Stint
Ruff
Sunday brought more Autumn interest to Salford Priors when the site recorded it's second Pectoral Sandpiper (juvenile) . The bird must have come down in the westerly winds and heavy over night rain. Sadly the bird took flight as soon as the rain stopped so not all of us couldn't connect. The Little Stint, the star of Saturday, was still present on the main spit all day. The islands were pretty busy with waders including 4 Ruff, 5 Ringed Plover, Snipe, 15 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper & 2 Common Sandpiper.
Our Pintail was joined by another drake whilst other wildfowl included 13 Wigeon, 7 Gadwall, 52 Teal, 300 Mallard, Chiloe Wigeon, 27 Tufties, 6 Shoveller, 5 Mute Swan, 320 Greylag, 275 Canada Geese and a Domestic goose.
Whilst other sightings included a Rock Pipit (136 for year) on puddles of restored ground near Snipe meadow, 33 Little Grebe, 28 Cormorant, 7 Grey Herons, 4 White Wagtail, 30 Pied Wagtail, 9 Swallows & 5 Chiffchaffs.
On Saturday, Chris recorded a pair of Stonechat on the fence line at Pophills but these were not present on Sunday.
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