BIRDING LOTHIAN

SPOTTED SANDPIPER - North Berwick, 13th May 2010.
(Found by David Bates)

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Bird of the Spring, despite being available for just one afternoon, was this cracking Spotted Sandpiper in summer plumage at North Berwick on the 13th May. This is only the third record of this species in Lothian and amazingly the last was also one at North Berwick in May 1976. Needless to say then, most birders needed this on their county list after the 34 year gap.