The drake Garganey revealed it's presence by repeatedly giving its dry 'plucked comb tooth' rattles. It showed briefly when it preened, otherwise spending much of the time rooting around in a channel. No sign of the female. A moorhen with well grown young chased off a coot that was getting too close and the Garganey in turn pecked at the moorhen to move it on.
There's a few nice bits of mud starting to appear. There had been a few dunlin in the week but no waders tonight (I had hopes of Skokholms Pec Sand dropping in). One of Skokholms GBBs a 2cy
(W:455) was around the mere. A
weasel carrying a small vole or mouse dashed across the road, it dropped whatever it was carrying and I stopped the car thinking it might have been a kit but whatever it was looked dead, the weasel came straight back and retrieved its prey. The second weasel in a week, after another near Hwest cricket club also carrying prey. Highlight though was the stunning flower display in one of the fields overlooking St Brides Bay, spectacular.
