July 31, 2021 archive

We went back up to Burton Mere Wetlands to try – again! – to see the Long-billed Dowitcher that had been around since the 25th but when we got there, there were no reports of it to be seen anywhere so we had a look at the scrape and walked down to the barn. It was a case of the usual suspects, however, and not that many of them. We were reluctant to walk all the way down to the Border Hide if there were no reports of it having been seen. THe site was quite busy so there were lots of people looking for it. In the end, we didn’t get to see it so we were very disappointed but at least we got a year tick out of our visit.