Rutland Water; I decided to visit here after looking locally as they have had a good run of migrants in recent days. In all a good selection of birds were seen during the visit.
The principle rarity present was a 1st winter Bonaparte's Gull, this showed well on lagoon 4 and was very active, not settling still hardly at all. At least 20 Little Gulls were also present here. Waders here included Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Avocets, Greenshank (2), Redshank and Whimbrel.
A pair of Grey Partridges were on the track near the far gate whilst a Cuckoo kept flying on and off the fence onto the lagoon bank.
Ducks included a female Scaup, two Wigeon, Goldeneye and a female Pintail. Plenty of Common terns were around.
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