Updated September 2014
Last summer the greenshank was missing from my sketches of summer waders but this year I was lucky enough to spot this one in Chapel Pill . . .
Also in the pill at the same time was one adult and one juvenile Grey Wagtail – this is the adult . .
Updated 23 September 2013
Well summer is over and I can feel the cool breath of autumn so this is my last update on summer waders. Over this period I have been able to sketch redshank, ringed plover, oystercatchers, curlew, whimbrel, common sandpipers, turnstones, dunlin and black-tailed godwits. There have been reports of other waders in the area such as greenshank, though I did not see them myself so my list of sketches remains incomplete.
COMMON SANDPIPER AND TURNSTONES
I often see one or two pairs of common sandpipers bobbing rhythmically in the muddy pills at either end of the salt marsh as they look for food. Continue reading