Saturday 19 September 2020

Dotterel @ St Govans, & those Buff-breasts...

I decided to have an afternoon away from Dale, so headed over to St. Govan's Head to look for yesterday's Buff-breasted Sandpipers.  I failed to find them (although Ed Hunter did locate them after I left, just to the west of the car park at St Govan's, on the first grassy slope on the clifftop).  I did, however, find the same Dotterel seen earlier by Richard Crossen - I had no idea it was there, amazing that we both encountered it!  It was still with 3 Golden Plover, just beyond the cattle grid west of the car park (about 15 mins brisk walk).  A stunning bird.