Possible Mega in Lothian (1 Viewer)

david kelly

Drive-by Birder

• Jul 8, 2004

• #1

LOTHIAN PROB LESSER SAND PLOVER. ABERLADY BAY, 6.45PM (PREV.RPTD AS GREATER SAND PLOVER). PARK IN NR C/PK & FOLLOW MAIN PTH TO BEACH.


Guess I'll be asking for a halfie tomorrow!

 

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StevieEvans

Well-known member

• Jul 8, 2004

• #2

Hi David

Which one is it then...?

Anyone know if its been confirmed as either ?

Stevie.

 

CJW

Hit-and-run WUM

• Jul 8, 2004

• #3

I've seen the photos and it looks like a Lesser to me. Have a look a Surfbirds.com

 

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StevieEvans

Well-known member

• Jul 9, 2004

• #4

Had a look at photos.....Beauty bird...
I can be there in under 2 hours so i think i'll have a look up.
High Water there is about 07:30AM
I think it looks like a Lesser S. Plover
SE.

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Jul 9, 2004

• #5

Just looked at the pics - Yep, clearly Lesser. I guess people at first assumed it would be a relocation of the Norfolk bird, but it isn't, markedly smaller bill in the pics.

Michael

 

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• Jul 9, 2004

• #6

If the RBA reports later in the evening are reliable (they usually are) it's now a confirmed Lesser.

 

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mountain man

Guest

• Jul 9, 2004

• #7

"Mongolian" Plover it seems...

Looks like a beauty.

 

david kelly

Drive-by Birder

• Jul 9, 2004

• #8

Flew off at 6:45 am and not seen since.

I was seven hours too late!

 

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HH75

Well-known member

• Jul 9, 2004

• #9

Hi all,
Can lightning strike twice?Spent over a month last autumn predicting that Hume's Warbler would be added to the Irish list,and look at what happened!Now telling all and sundry that a sandplover(either species would suffice) is inevitable....
Harry

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Jul 9, 2004

• #10

Flew off high south from Aberlady . . . it'll probably be somewhere on the Solway now

Michael

 

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HH75

Well-known member

• Jul 9, 2004

• #11

Hi Michael,
Had heard that it flew south,but why ruin my dream?It may have swerved SW after it was lost to sight....
Harry

 

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StevieEvans

Well-known member

• Jul 9, 2004

• #12

Unlucky David..

Michael its almost certainly in the Lindisfarne / Budle Bay area......

when i lost sight of it at 30x mag it was headed straight South East.


Stunning Bird, the photos ive seen so far do not do it justice.

MF. On checking reference books, i presumed that the bill would be the main defining characteristic, but this was not so.

Stevie :bounce:

PS. Harry, youd get a fortune for ur crystal ball on E-Bay.