16 Sept - A successful morning looking for waders in Glos. First, the juvenile Spotted Sandpiper was still at Lydney (the first county record) and I saw it well but briefly on the riverbank, distinctive with strongly scalloped scapulars, indistinct breast sides and overall pale colouration. Photo (1), copyright Tom Mabbett. Then, at Slimbridge, a guided walk out onto the Dumbles (2) at high tide gave excellent views of the juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper (3,4, JM), and a juvenile Dotterel flew in. Also at Slimbridge on the estuary and from the hides - 20+ Knot, 4 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Greenshank, a Spotted Redshank, 3 Ruff, 150+ Black-tailed Godwits, 50+ Redshank, and 2 Sanderling with 50+ Ringed Plovers and 100+ Dunlin, and a Green Sandpiper.
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