Leaving Heather and Yvonne to the fleshpots of Louth I drove the short distance to Many Washlands, somewhere I had been intending to visit for some time. It is a very appealing spot with low grazing land surrounded by trees in the distance and, in front of the hide (locked!) the washes. Unfortunately the birds were too far away for photography but plenty about nonetheless. I was delighted to see two Little Stint feeding alongside to ringed plovers to give a size comparison. There were a few snipe present along with 14 ruff. As well as large numbers of gulls there was plentiful water fown, mostly still in eclipse plumage. Although only 13C, it was warm in the sun out of the wind and it was good to see a pristing comma butterfly just as I was leaving.
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