Dawn with Daryl, James, and Tony for the Greater Yellowlegs at Hauxley Nature Reserve in Northumberland, where it had roosted last night. It was heard and seen by a few lucky observers but we missed it, seeing only four Bar-tailed Godwits, and a number of Curlews and Redshanks.
We were about to check other sites where it had been seen when we heard news that it had been relocated at one of them, Druridge Bay, anyway.
A five minutes drive down the road and there it was, a juvenile Greater Yellowlegs. Standing on my own, away from the crowd, the bird decided to fly along the bank to within about five meters from where I was standing! It was way to close to photograph (I only had digiscoping equipment to hand), so I just enjoyed it on my own and then took a brief video...
Also seen were three Scaup (one male), four Red-breasted Merganser (one male), and about two-hundred White-fronted Geese.
We then checked near by East Chevington for a recent Green-winged Teal, seeing only about one-hundred Teal before the long journey home. Although we did not see it, the Yellowlegs turned up on site whilst we were there.
