Tuesday, 27 August 2019

TEN-MINUTE TWITCH: HUMBERSTON FITTIES POOLS

From our birdwatching correspondent

Ruff - a wader not often seen at this location which is on the edge of an RSPB reserve

Location: Humberston Fitties pools, Humberston, near Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire (the site is part of RSPB Tetney Marshes)

Date: August 23,  2019 

Weather: Very warm and sunny. No wind.

Target species: Curlew sandpiper

Star species: Ruff (two birds)

Other species recorded: Herring gull, black-headed gull, golden plover, greenshank, yellow wagtail, little grebe,  common sandpiper,  little egret, linnet, swallow, woodpigeon, carrion crow, lapwing, little ringed plover


Little ringed plover


Greenshank

Golden plover

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