A day out and about with my mate Mark was rewarding with several goals achieved, including finding his first dipper at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust's Cotton Dell nature reserve. I can't recall a time I've been and failed to see a bird. As it turned out, we enjoyed some of the best views I've had of the bird hunting in the rocky brook.
The evening was then spent on Doxey Marshes (where else?) enjoying the delights of little-ringed plover politics. A few days ago three pairs where on the scrape, but this evening just one pair and a single bird remained. Presumably the male of the pair would dutifully chase off the single bird but also spent some time nest scraping. Hopefully the videos below work and give you a flavour of what was going on.
LRPs can certainly shift, blink and you'll miss it!
Not the sharpest tool in the box, getting lost during a chase
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