Ideal conditions this morning at Leeshaw reservoir with a W>4-5 , light drizzle and heavy showers throughout, good Tern, Wader movement stuff.
Despite that things were much quieter than last weekend with very little on the shoreline .
A nice surprise during one of the heavy showers when 2 Whimbrel lifted up from the northern hidden part of the reservoir and flew low over the moor before lifting up calling and heading >NW towards Lancashire. This sighting is just 1 month earlier than last years at Ringby.
Two Curlew were on the far shoreline, one being a very short billed juv.
Nice on the way back to see Raggalds Flood back to life after just 1 night of rain.
Leeshaw
2 Little Ringed Plovers
2 Whimbrel
1ad 1 juv Curlew
3 Common Sandpiper
4 Oystercatchers
2 juv Pheasants
100+ Lapwing
+ usual Mipits, Goldfinch gulls and corvids etc.
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