News broke this morning on my way into work that Colin Wells (site manager at Burton RSPB) had found a Buff-breasted sandpiper. Thankfully, the bird hung around all day, so I went there after work.
The bird was showing well on arrival, but photographs were hard to get due to the sunlight reflecting off the water.
Buff-breasted sandpiper
This was my third record of a Buff-breasted sandpiper in Cheshire and Wirral, the last one being at Frodsham Marshes from the 28th of July 2012, which spent three days on the N06 tank.
As I was leaving the reserve, a Cattle egret appeared out of the roost and showed well before flying off.
3 Cattle Egrets have been roosting at Burton RSPB