A late morning visit to the ARC pit from Hanson found very little of note 100+Golden Plover, 1 Pintail, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2+ Marsh Harriers and few Phylloscs in the bushes. A plod up to the pines with TG and PB was unrewarding apart from a flock of 6 probable migrant Herons.
An early afternoon visit to The Midrips was very disappointing with c200 Sandwich Terns roosting on the beach and only 5 Dunlin and 1 Ringed Plover on the pools being watched over by a Common Buzzard. While there I received news of a Red-backed Shrike in The Desert. On my arrival it was quite elusive and flighty, certainly not allowing close approach. While watching the Shrike news of a Pectoral Sandpiper on Burrowes was received, but it had disappeared by the time I arrived on site.
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