A few more waders are beginning to trickle into the county; parts of the Idle Valley sound especially good at the moment, with multiple Wood Sands and a Little Stint today, plus good numbers of commoner species.
I was therefore full of expectation tonight in advance of another visit to Collingham. But this soon evaporated; although there were loads of bird on Ferry Lane Lake, these were mainly Black-headed and LBB Gulls, and Greylags. Single Greenshank, Green Sand, Common Sand, and LRP were the only waders. Things didn't improve elsewhere, with single Greenshank and Green Sand on the Silt Lagoon, and one each of Green and Common Sand on Mons Pool.
I'm also expecting a Garganey any day now - Teal numbers have now increased to 50 across the site, so it can only be a matter of time... The gulls provided some interest, with an adult Herring Gull probably the most notable (scarce at this time of year), with three Yellow-legged Gulls (an adult, a 2CY and a 3CY), and two Common Gulls also present.
Perhaps I'll have to get myself up to the north of the county if I'm going to find that county-first White-rumped Sandpiper.
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