After adding so many new birds to my 2013 year list over the past few days, I became slightly obsessive today and did a couple of twitches:-
1/ To finally see my first Whinchat of the year (after trying in masses of places but never being able to find one). Thanks to
http://www.boatbirder.com/ who reported the bird at Brandon Marsh while I was still in bed (my excuse is that I had done a long drive the day before).
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| Blurred Whinchat |
2/ To finally see my first Little Stint of the year (which is another species that has eluded me till today) at Slimbridge (a cracking little bird, definitely worth the drive). The below photo just shows how small these birds are when compared to a Lapwing. Slimbridge was good for birding today with decent numbers of waders including, Redshanks, Black Tailed Godwits, Ruff, Little Ringed Plovers and Lapwing.
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| Little Stint and Lapwing |
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| Black Tailed Godwit |
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