Old Moor - 20th May

Another good day today at Old Moor, seems to get better with every visit. Again the wader scrape was the place to be - Avocet 12 + 2 chicks, Turnstone 1, Dunlin 12, Ringed Plover 10, Little Ringed Plover 1, Drake Garganey 1, Mediterranean Gull 2 (adult and first summer), Common Tern 3, Yellow Wagtail 2. On the mere were 2 Common Sandpipers and I had brilliant views of a Hobby. The Bittern was seen again several times on the redbeds as was the Marsh Harrier. Finally on Wombwell Ings a further 2 Avocets and a fly through Egyptian Goose.