Spent a very pleasant 'spring like' afternoon, in the East hide at the Moors.
I had forgotten how good the 'scrape' at Amy's Marsh is.
All around it on the grassy banks and the vegetated island were at least 40 snipe, with 10 below the hide. at one time there were curlews, snipe, lapwing and teal feeding 10 yards away on the sloping grassy bank. The whole of the curlew and lapwing flock were in or on periphery of the scrape as well as the majority of the teal flock. Tucked away in the southern corner were more snipe, teal, shelduck and shoveler as well as a few foraging reed bunting. All in all a great afternoon basking in the sun.
Species counts
GCG 8, Little Grebe 1, Cormorant 27, Mute swan pr, Canada geese 100+( many are now holding territory), Shoveler 24, Teal, 60, Shelduck 2 males, Mallard c50, Tufted 24 min, Pochard female, Coot 100+, Water rail 2, Snipe 40+, Curlew 17, Lapwing 200, BHG 300+, LBBG 5, Grey heron 3, Buzzard,Green wood pecker, stock dove,iRedwing 1, Fieldfare 1, Bullfinch, chaffinch in broadmeadow (unusual at this time of year), reed bunting c10
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John