With more unsettled weather forecast I decided to return to
the London Wetland Centre with the prospect of catching up with shorebirds that
I had missed during spring migration whilst down under. The site has had a good run of shorebirds of late therefore there was a good chance of more stopping off on the wader scrape.
The centre opens at
0930hrs which gave me time to stick my head out of the window and look at birds frequenting my garden before a trouble free journey to Barnes.
The rain had descended by the time of my arrival so I utilized
the glass fronted viewing area overlooking the main lake. I made my way to the
Wader scrape hide ducking into other hides to dodge showers along the way. News
was passed on regarding a couple of Green Sandpipers on the muddy area in the
centre of the scrape and it was not long before they both appeared in that
area. Both birds showed spotting across the mantle, back and scapulars indicating
birds in breeding plumage.
The LRP and young were attracting a lot of attention in the Peacock
hide so I decided to look through the gulls that were scattered about on the
far islands. I had recently bought an adjustable mobile phone adaptor for my old
Galaxy S4 and tested the quality of image at long range. The subject a 3rd
summer Great Black Backed Gull showing a pale tipped bill and brown feathering
through the upper-wing. The mantle and back dark grey.
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