The first ones.....

Hello.

As usual, as soon as the summer begings the first green sandpipers start to appear in the reservoir with their sharp calls, straight flight and their characteristic bouncy body movements.

Is incredible, but they are already in their postnuptial journey when other waders (the vast majority) are still in their breeding sites rearing their young.

I saw the first one the 10th of june!!

The picture shows a rarity in my local patch , Scuacco heron with a green sandpiper in front.

Have a nice day you all!

Stopover in the mud....

Hello.

This a record shot of some time ago, back in summer 2016 in the postnuptial migration.

I could observe a pair of ruffs with a  solitary greenshank and a wood sandpiper.

Various waders resting in the mudflats in 31 august 2016.