(not) LANDGUARD - 11th August

 A little jaunt north into Lincolnshire for a walk round Frampton Marsh RSPB in the morning produced a great mix of stuff highlighted by the long-staying, moulting adult 2 PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVERS on the saltmarsh, they initially weren’t visible but I picked them up on call flying in from somewhere inland to land in full view, just in front of the seawall.   

Other notable bits comprised a smart, breeding plumaged Cattle Egret (complete with extensive orange colouration) on one of the islands, kind of associating with 15 Spoonbills, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, a Whimbrel, 60+ Ruff, 3 Little Stints, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Common Sandpipers, 6 Green Sandpipers, 9 Spotted Redshank, 15 Greenshank and 3 Wood Sandpipers in amongst huge numbers of Black-tailed Godwits, Knot, Dunlin and Grey Plover as we were there over high tide, at least 3 Short-eared Owls on the saltmarsh fighting with Marsh Harriers and Kestrels and plenty of Yellow Wagtails feeding around the cattle.

Nothing really jumped in front of the camera at Frampton so here's a Lackey and the evidence that the Leaf-cutting Bees at Landguard had a busy summer (you can see where one was disturbed just before it could complete its cutting on the top left of the bottom leaf!)