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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dbeek" data-source="post: 1480593" data-attributes="member: 74887">Jinshitan Sandflats AgainI am hooked on the sandflats these days so used the precious little time after work to check them out again.  I only observed a little area and didn't have time to see the whole sandflats as the Lesser Sand Plover took all my attention.  I had not seen one this year yet and in breeding plumage in was looking so much sharper than last autumn's bird.  So I was rather sedentary and enjoyed the bird walking close enough to me for a satisfactory photo.  The Terek's flew right to me in the meantime!Every day is different and today (in a very small area before dark) there were:10 Terek Sandpipers1 Lesser Sand Plover4 Little Ringed Plovers1 Common Greenshank10 Whimbrel25 Pacific Swift2 Chinese (Swinhoe's) Egrets20+ Black-tailed Gulls2 White Wagtails (nesting)The Chinese Egrets seem to be the most common Egret these days.  I don't remember a day in the past 2 weeks when I haven't seen multiple Chinese Egrets.  Some Little Egrets and the odd Great Egret, but Chinese is the most common here.  May be of interestAll for today,Dave BeekeJinshitan, China</blockquote>