Timed to perfection, the juv Spotted Sandpiper was just waking up on the little island left of the T- post, about 15m away! A quick hop on the submerged fence post and my luck was in...
A brief pose, the unnotched tertials showing clearly...
Then, busy feeding...
It has a habit of flying off every now and then and stuck to this principle landing opposite the Sussex hide. I nipped down there in case it walked the bank but at least got a flight view showing the short wing-bar!
And it was back parading in front of the Seaward hide again!
Then actively feeding...
I didn't realise what was about to happen next. A whirr of wings in the bins next to the Sandpiper turned out to be the Citrine Wagtail!! They were briefly side by side and after a bit of a spat, both flew to the Sussex hide area... would my luck be in?
