Don't fret, Toby is back next week and the weekly round-ups can go back to their usual high standard! In the meantime though...The pectoral sandpiper that turned up at the end of last week hung around until Tuesday, giving some pretty good views. Though at times there was a good deal of confusion off a ruff, with very similar colouration. Curlew sandpipers have also been around, in small numbers. Some of these birds have been in their red breeding colours, lovely to see.Sticking with the rarer waders, a little stint arrived yesterday. Nice rufous colours on this too, and behaving admirably giving good views on the reedbed.Another migrant that was going through was the female wheatear that was on the grass surrounding the reedbed lagoon today. I wonder how many more are on the grassland...A somewhat more colourful character, a kingfisher was seen around the channels underneath the seabank. Maybe a young bird, thrown out of the territory of it's parents.In non-bird related news, clouded yellow butterflys have continued to show well around the 360 hide, and painted ladys have been seen too. And on the furry side, weasels have been seen quite regularly. Check out the photo in the files.
Reedbed, freshwater scrapes, saltmarsh and wet meadow. Frampton Marsh has it all! Come and pay us a visit soon.