Friday, 20 May 2011

LRPOTL

I nearly didn't wander down to the flood this morning... glad I did though because there was a smart adult Little Ringed Plover on it, 128! As I moved in for a better look my 'phone went - Neil Calbrade about to tell me there was a LRP on the flood (he was watching from under the trees on the Barnhamcross Common side so we hadn't seen each other)! A minute or two later a Common Sandpiper appeared, and there was a burst of song from the Nightingale too - not a bad detour on the way to work.
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6 comments:

  1. Steve Blain20 May 2011 at 10:25

    Sounds like it was a little closer than ours was... ;o)

    Still need to get a Common Sand though.

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  2. Nick Moran20 May 2011 at 11:06

    <40m, so we just about ruled out the other possibilities ;-)

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  3. Neil Calbrade Photography20 May 2011 at 11:29

    and clears my conscience about the probable LRP I heard yesterday that I couldn't locate and put down as a mimicking Reed Warbler!

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  4. Steve Blain20 May 2011 at 11:37

    I guess it is just lucky our LRP's are one of the commest waders at Derek Whites Eggs pit, and on that particular day there were no Ringo's to confuse them with!

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  5. Neil Calbrade Photography20 May 2011 at 12:31

    Assuming no Ringo's flew in whilst you were moving between the pits and the plateau ;0)

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  6. Nick20 May 2011 at 14:07

    I guess it is just lucky our LRP's are one of the commest waders at Derek Whites Eggs pit, and on that particular day there were no Ringo's to confuse them with!

    Wot no Long-billeds? ;)

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