Bearded Tits and a Little Stint at Leighton Moss, Lancashire

September 30, 2010:
As is usual in autumn, the Bearded Tits were visiting the grit trays near the causeway. Although early morning is the best time to see them some were still making brief visits up to mid-day. These birds will all have been ringed locally, mainly as nestlings.



[Male, top; male and female, below]

At the salt-marsh, a lone Little Stint fed on the mud on the far side of the Allen pool. Being only a very small wader and viewed at long distance even digiscoping was difficult; a Curlew Sandpiper was even further away. On the islands and in the shallows were large numbers of Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Lapwing.




[Little Stint]