Missing wader sp

I was out at lunchtime but saw very little, not even a Hobby. Later in the afternoon Alan texted to say someone we didn't know had seen a big brown wader with a curved bill drop into Tern scrape for a few minutes.

I tweeted a report of Curlew, but in hindsight and after looking up Curlew records, there has never been a late May bird, in fact the 10th is latest ever. There have been 1 early and 2 late June records.

So even though it is pointless trying to guess what it was, perhaps there are other candidates, if we stop for a moment and ask was the bill curved up or down?

Whimbrel - Latest May record is 14th
Bar-tailed Godwit - May records on 6th, 14th, 17th & 18th
Greenshank - Many May records across the years - 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 24th,

Unless a picture shows up we'll never know!

Today I went to LFGP, on the way a Mistle Thrush was singing and is the first at this end for several months. 1 Dunlin, 2 LRP and a lone Gadwall.

At Lavell's an Oystercatcher showed well close to the hide, allowing 3 reasonable shots.