Little Grebe 1 juv T
Spoonbill 1 juv C preening. Black
tips to outer primaries even visible when asleep - black legs.Marsh Harrier 3 (2C) including a fine adult male over a corn field near Docking.
Black-winged Stilt 1 T looking extremely long-legged
Avocet c.50
Black-winged Pratincole 1 C adult in summer plumage. Bill black with obvious red base. Black lores but not extending across forehead. White rim below eye. Gingery brown crown becoming brown on nape and dark brown upperparts contrasting with black primaries. Neat, thin vertical line from eye surrounding throat being yellowish on chin but becoming paler almost white on lower throat. White belly and dark legs. Tail fell well short of wing-tips. In flight and whilst preening underwings black lacking a white trailing edge (almost Green Sandpiper like in flight). Tail forked with obvious white rump. Superb.
Little Ringed Plover 2 C
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 C Very neat pectoral band. Appeared quite long-billed for a Pec. Yellow legs. Upperparts neat but could not see the presence of mantle or scapular V so I suspect it to be an adult.
Dunlin c.50 C
Ruff c.25
Black-tailed Godwit c.5 C
Spotted Redshank 1 C
Greenshank 3 C
Green Sandpiper 1 T
Little Gull 1 T first-winter plumage with black cap.
Arctic Tern 1 C
Tern sp. 1 probably aberrant Common - Lincs - suggestions of poss Antarctic
Bearded Tit 1 C
Black-winged Pratincole at Titchwell (Alan Tate http://www.aabirdpix.com/ )
