Wednesday, April 11, 2012
A common sandpiper was much closer to the main path at Dorney Wetlands this evening and I watched it for some time (from the back-breaking hides) as it foraged along the shoreline of the nearby island.
The wader was probing the gravelly banks and evidently finding things to eat, although I could never see what those things were.
There were loads of tiny midge-like flies doing their manic mid-air dances; and I saw one Alderfly. Two years ago, on April 25th, there was a large hatching of Alderflies at Dorney Wetlands which might be what attracted loads of common terns, an Arctic tern and a little gull.// posted by Christine @ 12:11 PM 
