Well, well, well, just look at the things are coming back to us!
The Greater Yellowlegs has returned and we're all very happy to see it back on the Low Ground.
2 Cranes have been seen intermitantly throughout the week but the Wood Sandpipers have been less visible.
Also gracing us with their presence are a couple of Avocet. These birds do seem to be ones that you just need to be in the right place at the right time as lingering isn't something that they do!
What has been a nice surprise this week though have been the 2 Little Gulls that at times half-heartidly 'mob' us. It does sometimes seem a little strange to see 2 Little Gulls flying round the farmyard and their delicate call is quite obivous above the noise of the Common Terns and Black-headed Gulls.
(Little Gull on the left with a Black-headed Gull preening.)
Good numbers of Swift are coming through as well and almost a flock of them were hunting over the Low Ground yesterday.
Black-tailed Godwits are around too in various plumages and occasionally nicely veiwable from the Centre. The mystery plover hasn't returned again although a few Ringed Plover remain on the Low Ground.
On the Loch, there were a 4 Eider swiming around yesterday and even a solitary Pink-footed Goose!
Here are the weeks birds in numbers: Greater Yellowlegs 1, Little Gull 2, Avocet 2, Common Crane 2, Ringed Plover 6, Black-tailed Godwit 3, Whimbrel, Snipe, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Pink-footed Goose 1, Eider 4, Marsh Harrier 1, Short-eared Owl 1, Redshank 2, Lapwing, Mallard, Pintail, Gadwall, Great-crested Grebe, Osprey.