15 Oct - A trip to the south coast to see the Solitary Sandpiper at Black Hole Marsh, Seaton - on what turned out to be the last day of its stay. Surprisingly distinctive, much more slender than a Green Sandpiper with prominent eye ring, chestnut crown and long primary projection. 2 Green Sandpipers were also present for a useful comparison, along with a Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Redshank and Ruff. I've only previously had distant views of one Solitary Sandpiper in the UK, on the Isles of Scilly in 2000. Lower two photos, JM.
En route I called at Port Meadow (top, JM), on the outskirts of Oxford, and had views of the Lesser Yellowlegs - only the fourth record for Oxfordshire. An elegant wader, slender with long yellow legs, fine bill, and grey/brown upperparts and pale underparts. Also at Port Meadow, a Redshank, a Ruff, a Little Stint, Golden Plovers and Lapwings. Yellowlegs photo, copyright Adam Hartley.
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