A quick stop (fortunately I carry a pair of binoculars in the car) and identified it as a Ruff, a rare bird in Cholsey, the last record being Jan 2013.
There are quite extensive floods between Cholsey, Brightwell and the Moretons and there were a lot of Gulls present.
The last time it flooded like this there were several species of Wader present so worth looking out for.
A Stonechat found by Michael Pocock at Cholsey Meadows today.
I did not get a photo of the Ruff so I have uploaded an image courtesy of the BTO (Tom Wallis).
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