Ruff & Stonechat

Just driving back from Wallingford when I noticed a Wader on the floods along Hithercroft.

A quick stop (fortunately I carry a pair of binoculars in the car) and identified it as a Ruff, a rare bird in Cholsey, the last record being Jan 2013.

There are quite extensive floods between Cholsey, Brightwell and the Moretons and there were a lot of Gulls present.

The last time it flooded like this there were several species of Wader present so worth looking out for.

A Stonechat found by Michael Pocock at Cholsey Meadows today.

I did not get a photo of the Ruff so I have uploaded an image courtesy of the BTO (Tom Wallis).




from Cholsey Wildlife https://cholseywildlife.blogspot.com/2019/12/ruff-stonechat.html

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