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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pratincol" data-source="post: 3470010" data-attributes="member: 65801">Not surprising-they are not generally the most reliable bird to find.They are,however,usually a dead cert at the Foulshaw Moss nature Reserve in Cumbria around May so if you are up here then call in.It is easy to locate, although here is a hair-raising turn, off the main Barrow road, with cars and lorries tearing up the road at 70 mph,right on your tail. In the past I have often heard them there-I've even seen a couple there[wonders will never cease].</blockquote>