8th September 2013

At Kings Gap, Hoylake, good numbers of waders again today with over 1000 Dunlin, 300 Sanderling, 9 Bar tailed Godwit, 29 Knot and the first Juvenile Little Stint of the autumn. Curlew Sandpipers have now increased to at least 18. 1 Gannet was seen flying east.

A small flock of 15 Sandwich Tern were at the high tide roost. As the opportunity of photographing Curlew Sands arrives but once a year below are a small selection including a ringed bird.

Below; a distant shot of the first juvenile Little Stint of the autumn

Below, one of several squalls moving in from the southwest

Oystercatcher, Curlew and Herring Gull in the Hoylake high tide roost (Lynne Greenstreet)