Quite a bit of activity on Sully Beach this morning with Lol Middleton.
Lots of pied wagtails and Rock pipits, a meadow pipit, a flock of 40 or so Greenfinch with the odd Linnet and goldfinch thrown in. A kestrel overhead.
On the beach a Grey Plover, reasonable pic at
http://andyburnsphotography.zenfolio.com/waders/h25d528e4#h25d528e4
and couple of shots of the Purple Sandpiper that Lol saw yesterday at
http://andyburnsphotography.zenfolio.com/waders/h25d528e4#h2da6a5b0
The Purp’ was in with the flock of ringed plovers again so it may hang round for another day or two. I’ve not seen one of these at Sully and it was Lol’s first on there for 20 years.
I did get another interesting shot at
http://andyburnsphotography.zenfolio.com/bif/h2bc07951#h2bc07951
which shows how difficult it can be looking at flocks of birds in the air. This is only half the flock and is primarily ringed plovers but with the grey plover, the purple sand and a slightly out of focus turnstone in the shot as well.
Glamorgan Bird Club 
Hello I cannot see a Grey Plover in this shot, I can see what looks like a winter plumaged Dunlin and others as stated. Mike
mind you, size looks more Sanderling but bill looks Dunlin! Mike
Spot on Mike. Serves me right for not checking the image properly. I was convinced the grey plover had taken off with them and assumed it was the 2nd to left bird. There had been a single dunlin on the beach as well. Must spend more time checking photos…….
Andy
Nice record away from the traditional winer feeding location at Ogmore-by-Sea. Apparently there have been a few records in the past from Sully Island, and one was seen on Sully Bay shore last year.