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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gomphus" data-source="post: 1630050" data-attributes="member: 44185">A brief visit this PM down Wyver Lane produced the usual fare.... Teal numbers seemed a bit down on my previous totals with 64 birds present along with 4 Wigeon, 5 Shoveler (3 males 2 females), 47 Lapwings, 25 plus BHG and 22 Snipe.... still no Jack tho'! A single Water Rail showed very well in the corner of the pool, enabling a bit of shaky video...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5A5teP17kE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5A5teP17kE</a>A pity was that I saw it very well about 3 times, and then just as a couple who really wanted to see it arrived it vanished. Sadly they didn't wait around long enough and strolled off up the lane...then predictably just after they got out of sight it showed again, and thats when I got the video!!. This site has got to be one of the most reliable places to see Water Rail in Derbys at the moment, but you do need to be patient!!3 Cormorants flew through and 2 Grey Herons showed well, one catching a quite large fish..... Also of note were a single Raven heading towards Crich Lane and a nice Grey Wagtail. Jays were very vocal today!I was hoping to catch up with the Stonechat...but I reckon that was a bit disturbed by conservation work on going, with a few workers laying a hedge near the new scrapes and having a good fire going!ATBSteph'</blockquote>