Lesser Yellowlegs
The best part of today was spent at The Midrips looking for the Lesser Yellowlegs seen there yesterday. I arrived just after dawn finding OL, SO & CT already on site. In the couple of hours spent trying to find the bird 28 Redshanks, 5 Dunlin, 2 Grey Plover, 21 Brent Geese, 5 Shelduck, a Barn Owl and Common Buzzard were seen, thinking that the bird had departed we left site but not before I met Graham Parry who decided to carry on looking after we left. I was just tucking into my full English fry up when Graham called to say he had located the bird in the same spot it was filmed at yesterday. I made some calls to locals and bolted my breakfast and arrived on site a few minutes later to see the bird exactly where we had all been looking. Apparently GP saw it appear from behind an island further out where it had presumably been feeding in the lee of the wind, thanks are due to Graham for his tenacity as it appears that the bird flew strongly out to sea late this afternoon.
There seems to a problem with my camera as all the images appear fuzzy!
A short video of the Lesser Yellowlegs (best watched full screen)
Another scarce bird these days Red-legged Partridges in the fields opposite The Midrips
German ringed Caspian Gull at the fishing boats yesterday afternoon
2w Caspian Gull at the fishing boats this afternoon
1w Caspian gull at the fishing boats this afternoon
Adult Yellow-legged Gull this afternoon
JC782 Great Black-backed Gull a regular at Dungeness
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