The key bird target was the juv White-winged Black Tern, seen for the past few days and I settled down in Makepeace hide to find it. It took a while, mainly as it was feeding right over the far side in front of the power station!! There were plenty of other Terns on view too: Common, Arctic, Sandwich, several Blacks and with white rump shining through the gloom - the White-winger!
It was at least 600m distant and in torrential rain, expectations for a picture were virtually zero but at least this is a sort of record shot!!
Another soaking and visit to the ARC hide was rewarded with a good tally of waders (Little stint, Common and Wood Sand, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Ruff and Greenshank).
Don't expect too much quality given the dire conditions!!
Little Stint:
Two Common Cranes:
Getting closer with a Greenshank!
Plus pretty good views of a Water Rail - been several months since I've seen one!
In a bit of a flap and you can see how slow a shutter speed I was using!!
