Crab Plover |
Crab Plover |
Crab Plover |
Common Redshank |
At high tide I went to look at a potential site to the south of the wader roost and although it was not possible to get to the main seafront area I found a nice area of flooded (possibly only at high tide) sabkha. This held a large gathering of Sand Plovers, most of which were Greater Sand Plovers as well as many Little Stints. Five Ruddy Turnstones, three Common Sandpipers and seven Common Greenshanks were present along with three Caspian Terns and 12 Gull-billed Terns. I will be coming back to this new site at high tide when I can as it looks quite promising as a place to get the occasional unusual wader.
Lesser Sand Plover & Curlew Sandpiper |
Greater Sand Plover |