Titchfield Haven - 6th September

After a short survey in Fair Oak I popped down to Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve just as the reserve opened to try for the Temminck's Stint that had been present since 2nd September. At the reserve entrance there were 25 Sandwich Tern and five Common Tern. On the South Scrape there were 15 Snipe, five Common Sandpiper, a single Green Sandpiper and around 75 Black-tailed Godwit. The Temminck's Stint was visible from the Pumfrett Hide on the South Scrape but was always distant and in very poor light. Still, its elongated shape and creeping nature were distinctive.

Sandwich Tern and Black-headed Gull - Titchfield Haven

Sandwich Tern - Titchfield Haven

Sandwich Tern and Black-headed Gull - Titchfield Haven

Views of the Temminck's Stint were distant and into the sunlight - Titchfield Haven