up to 20 jack snipes at a single site.

pretty much as yday but lots more summer migrants with good numbers of willows, wheatears, swallows and sand martins with a few yellow wags and sedge warblers. water pipits increased to three, one of which was singing. also a ruddy duck somewhere and the sanderling lingered on for another day.

yday: in the morning 4 garganey, 11 jack snipes and a water pipit were at various sites. in the afternoon i hit splash point in SE's and rain but it was crap. i then got a txt from jake of all people about a reported shag at the res so went to investigate. of course, i didnt see it but a very confiding sanderling was on the dam.

dross from the week: 2 red kites over queens park, seowl lewes, med gull heard at 10:30pm over garden, little ringed plovers, and 7 black necked grebes at the res. of the five, two were a pair and displaying.

yday: another long and slow day. 7 jack snipe were at newhaven. a bittern, avocet, male white wag, 2 bearded tits and 4 jack snipe were around eastbourne. early evening 2 avocets were swimming in the middle of the res for 5 mins then flew off. got home at six expecting to put me feet up but instead trudged up balsdean for a brace of ring ouzels dad had found earlier.