A patch of purple

A Purple Sandpiper was found at Kilvington this morning - having lunch obligations with the in-laws, it wasn't until late afternoon that I managed to see it; it was showing well on the southern shoreline of the West Lake, allowing a few record shots to be obtained (a little better than yesterdays rubbish pictures of distant waders).

Purple Sandpiper at Kilvington Lakes

This is the fourteenth Purple Sand to be seen in the county, and follows one at Collingham Pits in November 2009 (which I didn't see). Interestingly, it is the first spring record; all the others have occurred between August and November, bar a summer record in 1864!

Also present was a Green Sand, 2 Ringed Plovers, at least 3 Redshank, and 2 Oystercatchers, but I couldn't find the Knot that had been present.