Quite a drive but well worth it. This came on the pager on Monday so Tuesday was booked off work and fingers were crossed that it was still there. The bird had apparently already been there a week and the local golfers thought it was a golden plover ! There were only a few birders there when we arrived and although there was a steady trickle, there wasn't the huge numbers that we thought would be there. It was a cracker of a bird, not too bothered about the golfers who passed very close to it at times. Birders obviously couldn't go on the greens as it was a very busy course, but the bird was easily visible from the edge. It looked fit and healthy and was very active. The golfers were very proud of their bird and stopped playing when it came out of the bracken, thanks.
These pics were taken at about 10-11am when the heat haze was beginning to build up.
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