A walk around Brands Bay this morning produced ten Silver-studded Blues. It's good to see this lovely small heathland Blue on the wing.
However, they now bring back painful memories of Poole Harbour's only American Golden Plover, which was seen daily by visiting birdwatchers at Redhorn Quay from 18 - 22 June 18 and who only sent the photos in as a summer plumage Golden Plover on 24 June. Pete Moore & I arrived within an hour of the news breaking from the Birds of Poole Harbour team, but it was long gone by this point. Seeing good numbers of Silver-studded Blues was not a lot of compensation on that occasion.
