*A lovely breeding-plumaged Marsh Sandpiper was the highlight of our photo hide sessions at Turov Meadow*

TUROV MEADOW IS ALIVE WITH NORTHBOUND MIGRANT SHOREBIRDS IN SPRING. Lying on the banks of the Pripyat River, a major flyway from the Black Sea to the Baltic, as well as a westward route from points east, Turov is very well positioned. We enjoyed some great early morning photo sessions in hides on the banks of ox-bow lakes, overlooking marshes full of shorebirds and terns. The commonest species were Ruff and Dunlin but with them were smaller numbers of Wood Sandpipers, Temminck's Stints and a handful of Black-tailed Godwits, Spotted Redshanks and two lovely Marsh Sandpipers. Terns were represented by five species - the gorgeous White-winged (around 5000 of them on the first few days), Black, Whiskered, Common and Little. Jack tried another area and was disappointed with a session that only included one Terek Sandpiper! Pete and I talked about how great it would be if one of the Marsh Sands would venture right infront of the hide...

TUROV MEADOW - WP HOTSPOT