Thursday, August 17, 2017

Semipalmated Sandpiper : Sully Island, Penarth

A few photos of the bird that was initially identified as a Little Stint last Saturday but was re-identified as a summer - winter moulting adult Semipalmated Sandpiper from my images late on Sunday by East Glamorgan County Recorder Phil Bristow and also Mike Powell.
The bird was seen again last Monday but has not been seen since.
This is only the third record for Glamorgan following juveniles both at Ogmore Estuary in 1990 and 2001, I was fortunate to see the 2001 bird which was on the east bank of the river just below the sewage works........



















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