Tuesday, 31 August 2021

Purple Sandpiper, Farmoor Reservoir

Inland mega. Juvenile/first-winter Purple Sandpiper today at Farmoor. Also juv Ruff and  juv/first winter Dunlin (bottom images) , a couple of Yellow-legged Gulls and 250+ Sand Martin. 






Was at the zoo when the news broke of the Purple Sand. Always wanted to see an inland one since a kid reading about one at Beddington Farmlands in the 1950s. Finally seen one after all this time- while being strangled by my own kid. 

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