Long-billed Dowitcher

Always sensible to be in the general vicinity of Clive when he goes birding, given his recent run of 'form', and so it was as I trudged across Dale Airfield and the 'phone rang with Clive on the other end, 2 miles away (less in a straight line), with news of his excellent find.

The bird was still present and showing well at 3pm at least, roosting on the larger of the islands visible from the entrance to the cottage SM809070 (click on the link for map/aerial - park a bit further along the road towards Dale on the right).  I was lucky to see the bird do a little fly around (in response to Derek's car pulling away), calling as it did so, a distinctive sharp trill uttered several times.