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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveN" data-source="post: 1621358" data-attributes="member: 65975">Down Wyver for around 5 hours in total today. Didn't take long to pick up a couple of Water Rails and a dozen Snipe. When the rain set in, more and more Snipe came out onto the mud and I counted at least 27. At 09.05 a large Skein of c300 Pink feet were flying NW. Around the main pool was 94 Teal, 6 Shoveler, 4 Wigeon, 53 Canada Geese, 2juv Mute Swans, 3 Grey Herons and 3 Cormorants.Took a walk down the lane and all was pretty quiet apart from a few Blackbirds and some Blue and Great Tits. A couple of Linnets and a Skylark flew over calling. Walking back up the lane and a small flock of birds were flitting around the piles of mud that's been excavated by the digger. I got my scope on them and they were all Meadow Pipits....8 of them. Got back in the hide and 6 Redwings were heading south. On the pool were 162 BH Gulls and 2 Lessers, 2 juv Mute Swans, a Pied Wag and a Grey Wag. A male Sparrowhawk flew through chasing a small Passerine but failed to catch its quarry. I looked up towards where I had the 8 Meadow Pipits and there were at least 20 birds flying around. I managed to scope them briefly and they all looked like Meadow Pipits.</blockquote>