Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Dorney
At the flood this afternoon I saw the little stint plus one dunlin and one green sandpiper.
The lapwings all went up at one point and disappeared to the north over the Jubilee River. As they came back I could see a tiny wader among them and with my usual incurable optimism, clicked off a couple of shots.
I'm pretty sure it's the stint in the photo; I think a dunlin would have a longer, less dumpy profile. Anyway, the birds landed again and the little stint was on the pool when I left at about 3.45 pm. It was very windy and by the time I'd driven round to the lake to pick Greger up it was beginning to rain. Autumnal, but quite mild.
// posted by Christine @ 9:52 AM 
