I called in at Burton RSPB this evening as a Wood sandpiper had been reported. I met up with Colin Wells (Warden) as I arrived, and he walked down to Marsh covert hide with me. It was nice to catch up with him as I haven't seen him for ages, and he is due to retire in October. Anyway, after reminiscing about the old times, it was back to birding, and we both spent a good while looking for the Wood sandpiper, but there was no sign. A Greenshank was present, and good numbers of Greylag geese.
Greenshank
There were a good number of Greylag Geese on the reserve
Moving on towards Inner Marsh Farm hide a Buzzard flew over, and good numbers of Little egrets were seen.
The boardwalk towards Inner Marsh Farm hide
Arriving at the hide, there were good numbers of birds. 40+Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 50 Lapwing, 4 Little Egrets, Snipe and 20+ Black tailed godwits.
Ruff
Black Tailed Godwits and Dunlin
Little Egret
Snipe
It was a lovely evening to be out birding
As I was walking back to the car, a Great white egret landed in front of me.
I hung around near the reception hide on the way back, looking out for the Cattle egret, but it didn't show. But I did have good views of Avocet and two more Ruff.
Avocets
Sunset over the reserve
A cracking evening's birding, which was topped off with great views of a Badger near the car park.
