Juvenile Greenshank - Mudbank.
A nice selection of waders off Mudbank today - my first (and, statistically, probably last) juvenile Curlew Sandpiper of the autumn was with 90 Ringed Plovers, feeding on Cockle Sands, with at least 3 Dunlin, 3 Turnstones and my first Snipe of the autumn. A little closer were another 3 Turnstones, 2 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 1 Redshank, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, c200+ Oystercatchers plus a small number of Curlew. Also off there - 15 Great Crested Grebes (an increase from the regular six), 3 Wigeon, 3 Common Terns, 6+ Sandwich Terns, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Rock Pipit and 3 Mediterranean Gulls.
Orcombe Point was a little more lively first thing with at least 13 (probably in excess of 20) Yellow Wagtails, 28+ Swallows, 3 Meadow Pipits, 6+ Tree Pipits, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1 Wheatear. Offshore, two Harbour Porpoises were easy to pick out in glass-like sea conditions. The concerning lack of Willow Warblers persists with none seen again today.
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