This North American/North East Siberia breeding bird is one of the regular "American vagrants" to reach the UK although this is an unusual date.
The bird was on the South Lake, there were a few birders in the hide when I arrived but the bird was out of sight, Martin the senior warden popped in to say that the bird was viewable from another hide which led to a mass exodus leaving just myself and two others watching from the South Lake hide.
After about 10 mins sure enough the Pec' San' appeared giving great views.
The photographs are with my mobile attached to my telescope and I am still trying to get the idea of the dark art of "digi-scoping", when the object is too far away its had to get really crisp photos...
There were other birds present including Black tailed Godwits, Redshank, Lapwing, and Ruff.
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| Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos |
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| Black Tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa |
Good blog post Paul, that Pectoral could be breeding closer to home...
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