A visit to Frampton Marsh this morning was well overdue. It's been almost ten months since my last visit to what is my favourite reserve in England. We left early and arrived at the old car park around 7am. The water pools on the wet grasslands were mirror-like to look at. We were hoping a Dotterrel had stayed overnight and we headed off along the sea bank towards the cross-bank in search of it, stopping on the way when a Wood Sandpiper was found. The Dotterel was found soon afterward feeding among a small flock of Golden Plover. If you continue along the grassland trail it takes you back to the car park. We did this and located two Yellow Wagtails in the next field for another addition to my year list.
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| Dotterel Field with Marsh Farm Barn in the distance |
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| Looking back across the reserve from the sea bank |
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| Dotterel with Golden Plover |
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| Dotterel |
As we left the car park this morning we had views of a sleeping Jack Snipe, and when we returned we found it out in the open feeding close to the path.
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| Jack Snipe |
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| Wood Sandpiper |
A walk along the Wash Trail was productive when a Spoonbill was spotted to give Brian another year tick, but I failed to locate any Spotted Redshank among the numerous Dunlin, Ruff, Ringed Plovers, Black and Bar-tailed Godwits.
It was good to be back at Frampton, with friendly welcoming staff, and during the visit, I managed to add five new additions to my year list before we left for home.
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