Juv Pectoral Sandpiper at Davidstow Airport

I found this juv Pec Sand on Sunday afternoon with some Ringed Plovers.  As always at this site, if you stay in the car, the waders are very obliging.  This Pec Sand was pretty tame and gave some great views as it fed in the puddles.  I visited the airport on Friday and there was a complete clearout of all waders so I'm assuming that this one is a new bird in, following the heavy rain on Saturday. This is the 8th record of this species this Autumn, in Cornwall.

Taken with Nikon D500, 500mm F4, 1.4x TC, car window mounted.

Juv Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Davidstow

Juv Buff breasted Sandpiper, taken with Nikon D500, 500mm F4 ISO 12800 !

This is one of my favourite birds and is always a delight to photograph. I took these from the car window.

This is the seventh Buff breast record this Autumn in Cornwall.  It is probably now the commonest Nearctic wader after Pectoral Sandpiper in Cornwall.

Some images from Davidstow today

I spent the morning searching for unusual waders on Davidstow airfield but sadly found nothing special.  The normal migrants were present including ten Dunlin, ten Ringed Plover, 20 Northern Wheatear, two Whinchat and one Yellow Wagtail. I was also testing a used D300 Nikon camera, the results of which are below.

Juv Northern Wheatear

Skylark

Juv Dunlin with lens pointing directly into the sun (exposure +0.3 to +0.7EV.)