5-Sep-2017 (afternoon)
Pectoral Sandpiper still until 15:30 when it flew off towards Ham Wall when everything flushed by unknown. Also, 3 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-t Godwits, 3 GWE, Water Rail, Hobby, juv Marsh Harrier and a Kingfisher.

The Osprey was reported to be still present in its usual tree on Noah’s Lake.

Left a phone message with NE to say water level rising fast on the scrape and needs to be shut-off at the inlet sluice.

4-Sep-2017
Pectoral Sandpiper still present at 16:30 today when I was there, also 3 Ruff, Green Sandpiper and a Greenshank that dropped-in for a while; 6 Black-t Godwits flew SE over Noah’s Lake, where the Osprey was mostly stoop-fishing (not hovering) directly from a tall tree-perch in the far SW corner of the lake.

NE gave the Meare Heath scrape canal bank a haircut (mow) this afternoon which has improved the view somewhat. They also opened the top-most sluice plank to gradually let in some much needed water. So thanks to them for this improvement.

4-Sep-2017
Per Twitter: Pectoral Sandpiper and Ruff on Meare Scrape at 9.15am

NO waders on the Scrape at around 1115 today,  the Pectoral Sand Piper and his friend the Ruff were apparently pushed to flight by a Peregrine and had not reappeared by 1430 when I left! Chances are hopefully they may have relocated with the Godwits back to Ham Wall ?

PEC Sand , Ruff and Green Sand still on the scrape at 1715, with no Godwits!

Ruff and Pec Sand still present at 5.30 pm along with a single Green Sand and the usual mixture of Ducks, Godwits and Lapwing. The Osprey was also still in the usual corner of Noah’s.

29-Aug-2017
Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper on Meare Heath scrape this morning together with a juvenile Ruff, still present when I left there at 14:30.