The start of a new week and another American wader for me. Although present for around five days now, I like Mondays at the coast and a Northerly wind blowing rain horizontally wasn't going to deter me at all! Really, it was more a case of sitting in the Wetlands hide with rain in your face, looking through hundreds of feeding Dunlin. It was around half an hour before I got my first glimpse of the juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper, on the opposite bank, with Dunlin. With the usual Gulls, Crows and Grey Herons in the vicinity, the waders were frequently on the move and the White-rumped Sandpiper was shifting position also. Settling down again, close by. Feeding with a Dunlin .....and off again! Pleased to see the white rump showing and the extent of the long wings. It was good to see a White-rumped Sandpiper at Spurn again and there were plenty of other waders around this morning. One of two Wood Sandpipers, also a Common and Green Sandpiper nearby. A very distant Little Stint flew in and a juvenile Knot was worth keeping for the record. A juvenile Dunlin with Adult. The White-rumped Sandpiper with Wood Sandpiper and Dunlin. An excellent morning also featured a Spotted Redshank, 3 Turnstones, Black and Bar-tailed Godwit, Sandwich and Little Terns over also,
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