Since the excitement of the Baird's Sandpiper, the great local birding continues with a nice selection of scarcities. I last saw the Baird's Sandpiper on the evening of the 21st September when it flew off in sunny warm conditions high NNW and calling continually as it went. The following morning a juvenile Little Stint was frequenting Little Marsh and then in the evening, there were 3 Curlew Sandpipers, along with a fly through Marsh Harrier (incredibly my first here) and a flock of 9 Glossy Ibis dropped in at dusk! This takes the total for the Otter this year as at least 17 birds!
This morning's highights were a Spoonbill was present along with a new in Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Stints, 1 Knot and the long staying Osprey.
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| 2 Juv Little Stints, Otter Estuary NR 23 Sep 2025 |
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| Juv Baird's Sandpiper, Otter Estuary NR 21 Sep 2025 |
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| Juv Baird's Sandpiper, Otter Estuary NR 21 Sep 2025 |
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Juv Osprey colur-ringed 8JT. This bird has remained loyal to the reserve for the last couple of weeks and was ringed as
a chick in July on the Tweed River on teh Scottish Borders |
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| Spoonbill, Otter Estuary NR 23 Sep 2025 |
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| Spoonbill, Otter Estuary NR 23 Sep 2025 |
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| Spoonbill, Otter Estuary NR 23 Sep 2025 |
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| Juv Marsh Harrier, Otter Estuary NR 22 Sep 2025 |
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| 9 Glossy Ibis in the last glimmers of light, Otter Estuary NR 22 Sep 2025 |
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