The usual early start saw Brian, Norman and me scanning Simmond's Scrape before 8.00am Nothing much at first, mainly because two guys were strimming in front of the hide! We walked round to Bishop's, where a few waders were lurking: Ruff, Black-tailed Godwits, Dunlin and hundreds of Lapwings. After an hour or so (the strimming still going on!) we walked out along the East Bank, enjoying the antics of the Sandwich Terns and catching glimpses of a number of Great White Egrets out on the reserve.
The walk back for coffee gave us close views of a fly-over Spoonbill, which seemed to land on Pat's: accordingly, we walked back to the centre hides and spent a few hours enjoying a flock of four Whimbrel, several Common Sandpipers and two Green Sandpipers: the Spoonbil had joined another on an island and gone to sleep!
With nothing else to see we decided on another coffee: as we drank this on the terrace a flock of nine Great White and two or three Little Egrets flew in to the back of Pat's. Finishing our coffee, we scuttled round and took a few photos, before leaving for home.
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