31 July - an excellent evening. Saul Warth held a high number of waders, possibly due to the recent unsettled weather - an adult Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpipers(upper photo, copyright Graham Cox), 6 Greenshanks, also 45 Black-tailed Godwits together with Ruff, Redshank and Snipe. Then the evening gull watch at Slimbridge produced a couple of Mediterranean Gulls(lower photo), a 2nd summer and an adult, also 6 Yellow-legged Gulls - waders on the Dumbles included 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and 3 Grey Plovers together with at least 80 Curlews. The rain held off until the watch finished....
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