A Spotted Redshank at King's Meads

22nd August 2025

On the 20th August Barry Reed found a juvenile Spotted Redshank at King's Meads and it is still there today, so time for a visit. As I made my way down the track to Chadwell Bank the site was clearly overgrown with very few places to look over West Pool. When I used to go there 15 years ago you could see West Pool from just about the whole of Chadwell Bank and the causeway.

However, I did eventually manage to find a viewing point and joined Mike Ilett and two others who were already on the bird. Today the bird was TOO CLOSE and was tucked behind the vegetation on the nearest bank. However, it eventually moved out, and over the next half an hour moved around quite a bit giving different poses in different light.

Here are the results.

Well, thanks to Barry for finding a great bird for Hertfordshire, and also good to have a catch-up with Mike who I don't see very often, as I spend most of my time out of Hertfordshire.