CWP wander

25 Mar - My first chance to get out all week after a very busy schedule. Shorncote was not especially productive in the strong east wind, no LRPs seen, highlights being a Green Sandpiper and 2 Grey Wagtails apart from the usual singing Cetti's and good numbers of Buzzards, none of which became an Osprey on closer inspection. I then drove to pit 132 in the eastern CWP - the habitat here is ideal for LRPs with gravel islands and spits,

and 2 Little Ringed Plovers flew in just as I was about to leave having scanned several times - the male immediately calling and displaying. Also here an obliging perched Peregrine, a few Lapwings, a Snipe, a pair of Goosander and 2 Little Egrets as well as a couple of obliging Red Kites. All in all, a successful morning.