So we
headed back to the marsh again this morning, stopping at a pool where a Yellow Bittern was scoped and a nice Watercock was seen feeding in a patch
of grass at the water’s edge.
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| Watercock |
At the marsh we enjoyed cracking views of Ruddy-breasted Crake and Slaty-breasted Rail walking along the
muddy edge of a pool, which also held several Grey-headed Swamphens, Pintail
Snipe, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Kingfisher and Oriental Reed Warbler. Out on the
mudflats Curlew Sandpiper, Temminck’s Stint and Black-tailed Godwit were new trip
ticks, whilst Lesser Sandplover,
several Long-toed Stints, Black-winged Stilt and Common Greenshank were all nice to see
again.
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| Nice close Brown-backed Needletails today... |
From here
were had one final bash at Chiriyatapu and as luck would have it an Andaman Cuckooshrike was finally
spotted and everyone managed decent scope views before it disappeared. Phew,
what a relief! So with just the woodpigeon left we had an hour to find it, but
alas it was not meant to be and we had to tear ourselves away and return to the
hotel for lunch and to pack in readiness for our flight to Chennai and onward
connection to Cochin in the Indian state of Kerala. After a short delay we
eventually reached the Soma Birds Lagoon Lodge just after 10pm.
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