Little Marlow wader passage today - 01 MAY

An interesting period of wader passage. Seemingly not turning up the numbers of passage waders seen at other nearby sites, but still getting a reasonable throughput. Spurred on by the 4 Barwits on Friday am and large numbers seen elsewhere, I made a quick check of the pit between 8 and 9am on Saturday 30th (all that time allowed) and the only new bird in was a Ringed Plover. In the evening, the Little Rings had swelled to 5 birds. Another early start today, pre 6am, and 4 Common Sands were new in on the spit, with the Ringed Plover remaining, but frustratingly nothing else was seen up to 8:15am (when I got the call for my fry-up, so had to go!). Typically, Alan Stevens texted at 8:45am as 3 Turnstones had arrived on the spit. I couldn’t make it back out until 11:15am, when a quick search for the Turnstones found that they had departed, but a Wood Sandpiper had taken their place! A fun weekend indeed – what will tomorrow bring! (Adam Bassett)