We dropped in at Broadwater GP where MRB & BCP were ringing and did a check of the lake for wind blown vagrants without any success, though picked up one of MRs darviced Swans.
Whilst we were there a White-winged Black Tern had appeared at the nearby Tyttenhanger GP so dropped over to have a look at it as it was a moulting adult. It was a fairly easy to pick up as it flew and fed actively over the pit by the Willow Farms activity area, along with a few Black-headed Gulls. I have not been to the site for some time, and there had been a considerable change to the area that has current excavation work ongoing, with the track that ran between two sand pits having been repositioned. On main sand pit there were a number of Black-headed and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, single Herring Gull, and Lapwings, along with a single juvenile Caspian Gull.
We then headed over to Staines Reservoir for another check of the waders present, which produced the usual mix of 74 Ringed Plover, 43 Dunlin, seven Ruff, one Greenshank, five Black-tailed Godwit, two Knot, four Curlew Sandpiper, one Common Sandpiper, and a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope, plus a single Little Egret.
Whilst we were there a White-winged Black Tern had appeared at the nearby Tyttenhanger GP so dropped over to have a look at it as it was a moulting adult. It was a fairly easy to pick up as it flew and fed actively over the pit by the Willow Farms activity area, along with a few Black-headed Gulls. I have not been to the site for some time, and there had been a considerable change to the area that has current excavation work ongoing, with the track that ran between two sand pits having been repositioned. On main sand pit there were a number of Black-headed and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, single Herring Gull, and Lapwings, along with a single juvenile Caspian Gull.
We then headed over to Staines Reservoir for another check of the waders present, which produced the usual mix of 74 Ringed Plover, 43 Dunlin, seven Ruff, one Greenshank, five Black-tailed Godwit, two Knot, four Curlew Sandpiper, one Common Sandpiper, and a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope, plus a single Little Egret.