I got up yesterday morning at 02:00am for work, only to find a text message from TVB that 2 Ruff had been reported on Cliff pool last night.
Got straight up there after work to find that the water levels had risen again, forcing all but a greenshank to vacate the area.
This disappointment was soon forgotten when I pick up a distant Tern.
Grayish in colour, small black cap, skimming and swooping over the water, it was a juvenile Black Tern!
After the poor passage of Black Terns this spring it was great to see one and on my patch.
The bird wouldn't settle, so you have some very distant shots taken with a plain old digital camera.
A couple of Pochard on Broomey Croft looked like new arrivals and a sign of things to come.
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