Rutland Water – 8/8/11

A noticeable influx of migrant waders since last week. First, in the bay adjacent to Lapwing hide, an adult breeding plumage Turnstone along with a couple of Greenshank, 3 Dunlins and 5 Green Sandpipers. Then along the shoreline at Green Bank another 5 Greenshank, a juvenile Ruff and, as I was scoping, another newly arrived wader, a juvenile Sanderling ! Over in North Arm a pair of juvenile Buzzards were calling to each other and an adult Arctic Tern loafed on the spit in Tim’s bay. Apart from these not a lot of action – a couple of Greenshank and single Redshanks and Ringed Plover. However, a notable flock of passerines in the trees in Tim’s bay included chiffchaffs, willow warblers, tits (incl Coal Tit) and goldcrests.