With all these waders appearing at Fly Flatts I thought it time to dust off the little used wader books and do a quick refresher course ready for that mega rare wader dropping in. The problem with waders in this area is that we dont see enough of them and when we do the distance is usually so great that we never get a true definition of size.
Other than that its usually too wet or windy to use the scope efficiently to pick out those all important markings.
Having said all that, Id much rather struggle on my own patch than sit in comfort at Blacktoft with the species that you can see chalked up on a blackboard.
Hopefully this weekend will bring some new waders in including the Little Stint that Ive ordered, good birding.
BS
