Waderfest

1 Sept - A beautiful morning for the first day of autumn, and an excellent 18 species of wader seen. Firstly to Goldcliff just over the Severn bridge, and the pools thronged at high tide - 7 Curlew Sandpipers and 2 Little Stints among the Ringed Plovers and Dunlin, also 3 Greenshank and 2 Spotted Redshanks still showing traces of dark summer plumage. Oystercatcher and Turnstone were on the foreshore as the tide started to fall. Then, at Slimbridge, 5 more Curlew Sands, with Curlew, Green and Common Sandpipers, Redshank, Blackwits, Curlew and 5 Ruff also added to the tally. A very successful foray.