Yare valley
My wader list for mid Yare - 28
Buckenham anglers car park pools to Cantley Beet Factory lagoons
Still need grey plover, bogey bird for area and whimbrel
Have not seen "coastal" species bar-tailed godwit, purple sandpiper, sanderling or turnstone
Tipped off, when at Strumphaw that 7 whimbrel had been seen at
Cantley BF with 4 adult curlew sandpipers.
Having picked up birdwatchers permit at security gate I made my way to the far end.
Two whimbrel fly over - may have landed in the grassy meadows east of the lagoons. 29th mid-Yare wader, grey plover needed for a round 30.
Whilst looking for the curlew sandpipers I count 250 lapwing and 16 ruff (best count in area of the year) plus two common sandpipers and a little ringed plover.
As sun comes out one adult curlew sandpiper appears in the middle of the lagoon whilst a single green sandpiper walks around the water's edge. Curlew sandpiper preens and raises its wings.
Kingfisher along the river walking back.
Much prefer looking for butterflies and dragonflies at Strumpshaw and birding Buckenham and Cantley in the Yare Valley on summer weekends.
Like Penny, I
eventually saw the Alpine swift. Four hours in fact!