Monday 16 October 2017

PECTORAL SANDPIPER PROVIDES ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT FOR LINCOLNSHIRE RESERVOIR

IT has been an excellent autumn at Anglian Water's Covenham Reservoir, near Louth in Lincolnshire.

This week, a pectoral sandpiper has been an unexpected visitor, seemingly as at home feeding on concrete as it is on mud.

Other visitors to Covenham  in recent weeks have included purple sandpiper, little stint and  red-necked phalarope.



The pectoral sandpiper which arrived on Sunday morning
                                             
The bird has provided plenty of excellent close-up views
                                                                            
It even bonded with a ringed plover - they were frequently seen feeding in one another's company this morning
                                                  
A red-necked phalarope was another Covenham star earlier this autumn

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