Like reports from other WeBS counters on here numbers of waterfowl were quite low, although there were still a group of 31 Teal. Was nice to see the 2 Green Sandpipers still present in the upper Pill reaches. There were 8 Redshank and a single Greenshank at the Pill mouth.
Flushed 4 Snipe from the field by the Pill and later a bonus Jack Snipe got up from about 2 feet from where I was walking, if only I had looked down a split second earlier! (thinking of Caroline Pickett's similar comment!)
I could see David O's flock of Black-tailed Godwits on the far bank of the main river although there is now 18 instead of 16!
Incubation at the mini Heronry is underway with what looked like 3 birds sitting, plus an apparently unoccupied nest.
It was nice to a pair of Skylarks over an arable field adjacent to the farm, which although winter sown may provide some nesting opportunities due to the uneven take up of the crop as a result of poor weather over the winter.