Pay Day!

It was pay day at Conder Green yesterday. 

Little Ringed Plover Juvenile Antonio Puigg  

After at least 28 visits and just three sightings I finally caught up with 3 Little Ringed Plover fully fledged and independent juveniles. Obviously with a few hidden corners on the pool but hard to believe this successful breeding pair - and eventual three young - could hide away for almost 16 weeks with little detection. Void of a records search I'd claim this is the best ever result for breeding LRP's on Conder Pool....contradictions welcome.

Grey Wagtail Geoff Gradwell

A Grey Wagtail was on the River Conder below the A588 road bridge, this is my first at Conder Green in something like 3 years and was set to have been bird of the day until I saw the LRP's. Also of note on Conder Pool, 2 Little Egret, a Little Grebe, Spotted Redshank, a Snipe, Goldeneye, and 2 Wigeon. In the creeks 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Common Sandpiper, and 3 Dunlin. A Whitethroat was seen from the coastal path, I reckon a crawl along here to Glasson Dock would produce 'a few more' of this species with up to six seen over the summer. Later in the day a Curlew Sandpiper was reported on Conder Pool again at 5.48pm via RBA.

Whimbrel Brian Rafferty

I decided to look over the River Lune from Waterloo Cottage area and noted a Whimbrel, c.70 Curlew, at least 40 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Golden Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, a few difficult to count Dunlin, and a Little Egret....by which time I was defeated by the rain.  

My thanks to AP/GG/BR for the ever excellent images on Birds2blog, they are always very much appreciated.