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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveN" data-source="post: 1627940" data-attributes="member: 65975">Wasn't planning on going down Wyver today but decided to go down for a few hours. A bit more water around the main pool but still enough mud for some Waders. No Jack Snipe but 15+ Common Snipe and 2 Water Rails, also 62 Lapwings. Wildfowl of note was 6 Shoveler, 5 Wigeon and 60 Teal.All the machinery that was working around the top pool has now gone so I guess the work is now completed. All that needs to be done is some hedge laying which I believe is being done this week. The lane was quite active today with lots of Blackbirds, Dunnocks, Robins, Tits, Wrens and a couple of Reed Buntings. The viewing mound is still just a huge pile of mud and clay so I presume there's still a bit more work to do on that. I did have a look from the top of it but I found that if you stand in one spot too long then you start sinking. I almost had to call out mountain rescue but managed to pull myself out.A Meadow Pipit was feeding on the old tip and a Skylark flew over. Also a couple of Grey Wags were feeding in a shallow pool that has formed after the recent rain. Lots of small birds were flitting about and many stayed unidentified, although I did identify a flock of 15+ Siskins flying over.Back to the hide and I managed to catch up with a male Stonechat posing well in front of the hide long enough to get a few photos. Singles of Buzzard, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel and 58 Canada Geese the other birds noted.What I did notice was a dead BH Gull on the pool and another BH Gull with a broken wing with a little blood on it. Can't be certain but I did wonder if someone's been down there taking pot shots at the birds. Anyway, I've attached a photo of the Gull and a couple of the Stonechat.</blockquote>

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