Southport again

This time, my main aim was to get some pictures of a bird i have not seen before, Cattle Egrets, so with map, bins, scope, camerabag and backpack in hand and bike elsewhere, i boarded the Southport bound train and then the connection to Ainsdale, so far so good, my map reading skills didn't let me down and as i crested the hill on plex moss lane i spotted a couple of birders in a lay bye and i knew i was in the right place.

As i placed my bike on the ground, i saw two white birds flying off towards the farm and disappear behind a water trough, out of sight, typical, but ten minutes later they were back in view and eventually in range for a half decent digiscoped shot







Another first arrived minutes later with views of three whimbrel, i won't bore you with the terrible pictures of that one.
After lunch in town, i headed to Marshside, in nels hide i quickly found the Curlew Sandpiper








and then another first for me, my third of the day with this Little Stint








and finally, even though i missed out on the Garganey, Spotted Redshank, and the Whinchat, i think three new birds in one day is pretty good, and this morning i saw my first Whitethroat of the year, so now i am looking forward to next weeks trip to scotland and i hope for a trip half as good as that, one last pic of avery interesting Redshank confrontation