Another chat

I had a lie in and arrived at LFGP around 07:40, the water had risen another 5" so all of the SW corner is now covered, only suitable for the longest legged waders.

A lone Common Sandpiper was flicking around still, 2 Snipe came off the East shore, a pair of Pochard were new, 51 Teal + 9-12 over, 12 Wigeon, the Mandarin, 32 Shoveler and 12 Gadwall.

11, then 23 more Meadow Pipit went over the landfill, then on the last sweep I picked up a male Stonechat on the willows of the Phragmites ditch, it kept moving East away and was lost behind the brow, a lone record shot was possible.

At BSL another 20 Shoveler and 5-6 Teal, nothing around the car park field.