At Tern Hide quite a few people, mostly with cameras and still 7,000++ martins providing quite a spectacle. With so many airborne birds it was quite difficult to pick out yesterday's Black Tern, still hawking over the water beyond the distant spit. A Sparrowhawk was the only raptor. Unsurprisingly, still masses of Cormorants and Herons, a dozen or more Little Egrets and Walter.
Apparently the Grey Phalarope was showing from Lapwing hide; didn't fancy the schlepp out there but with persistance I scoped it as it swam out into view and well across Ibsley Water, disappeared for a while and the popped up again. I'm guessing it was 400-500 yards away!! One obvious juvenile Ruff on an island.
Back at picnic area, no Clifdens in the trap and worst of all realisation that lunch was in a carrier bag on a coathook back home. Gggrrr!!
