Two avocets were at Lightshaw Flash this morning and it seems likely that they are the same pair which attempted to breed but got flooded out last year. They were also seen here on 28th April when they started to make a scrape in exactly the same spot as last year but then disappeared and have been missing for 11 days. They did something similar last year, but only went missing for two days. It's slightly frustrating because last year they arrived on 17th, made a scrape and laid eggs, but they were flooded out on 4th May. If they'd arrived on the same date this year and laid eggs, they probably would have been successful because it's been a very dry spring so far and there's no serious rain forecast at least for another two weeks.
Two sanderling and a dunlin were on the spit at Pennington Flash today.
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