White-tailed Plover Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfries and Galoway 6th June 2007Around 10:30am news broke of a White-tailed Plover at Caerlaverock WWT reserve on 6th June. I was in the fortunate position to be able to go and see the bird so made my way up. The bird was still present four and a half hours later when I reached the reserve but unfortunately there was a que to get in the hide and the bird was not currently on show so none of the birders in the hide were moving. Half an hour later I could hear cries of "there it is" and "directions please". It didn't take too long to get into the hide and once in the bird was on show at around 100yds range. It was a bit of a struggle setting up the camera in cramped conditions but everyone was quite tolerant of each other considering the conditions. Not the best shots but good enough to look back on as a reminder of the day.
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