A rare day

Yesterday was one of those rare days when your faith in human nature is restored  - a while ago we heard that a local (in the Scunthorpe bird reporting area) landowner had given over a piece of land to be converted in to a wetland for birds so yesterday evening we went to investigate.  Without giving too much a way we could instantly see the area from a distance and having finally found our way to it bumped straight into the landowner herself together with her sister.  With usual trepidation we asked if it would be ok to view the wetland from the road side - the response couldn't have been more positive - this lovely lady couldn't be more keen for people to come and visit however at the moment the site is not officially opened which is why I am not at this stage saying where the land is or the name of the landowner.  She has set aside a good piece of land and asked English Nature to come and convert to a wetland area - so a hide (not yet open) has been erected, wetland created which has been lined with clay so even in this long period of drought has remained wet and a purpose built Sand Martin nest site has been created which has already been found and is currently being excavated by a number of Sand Martins.
So what was on the wetland I can hear everyone asking: 2 Wood Sandpipers, 6 Dunlin, 3 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 4 pairs Avocet, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Black Terns, pair of Shelduck, several pairs of Lapwing with chicks, 1 Ringed Plover and the obligatory Canada Geese.  It was a magical evening watching the Black Terns bathing whilst listening to the enthusiasm of this lady and the obvious sheer pleasure she is getting - she was delighted when we showed her through our scope the Wood Sandpiper and Lapwing chicks which she had no idea were there.  She tells us that a piece will be going in the local newspapers shortly to announce its opening - luckilly the area is sufficiently remote to have no noise disturbance from people or traffic as it is not sited near a main road - it is on a single lane track and only has small car park.  I can feel lots of visits coming on to this fabulous new habitat and hopefully we shall bump into this wonderful custodian again.