2nd July - drizzle and light rain showers most of the day, 15C, light SW

Shawell sandpit; morning.   Single Drake Teal, two adult Little Grebes, plus the regular birds.  Black-headed Gull numbers increasing,c 30, also the number of juvenile birds rising.

Lilbourne Meadows; afternoon.  Seven Green Sandpiper, Little Egret and Grey Heron.

I nearly left due to the rain and poor light until I spotted a small wader feeding in the distant vegetation,  it looked good for a Temminck's Stint,  although there was a doubt, poor images shared tended to support  this view.  However,  further  views in the poor weather suggested a a back pattern with noticeable lines and its size seemed a little larger than a close Little Ringed Plover, when it flew its tail pattern showed a single white panel on each side of the tail as it flew off.   Closer examination of the images strongly supported that it was a Pectoral Sandpiper.

The bird was re- found at DIRFT and confirmed as a Pec.

Also at Lilbourne a super male Redstart and two well grown Fox cubs.