Spent a couple of hours at one of our feeders this morning principally as another regular training session. Not much to report except an unexpected visit from a BBC radio 4 farming team who were interviewing the farmer about his special approach to soil husbandry. This led to them interviewing us also--no idea if it will make the cut though.
Got home about 11 am with the weather dull and cold but with rain forecast. There was just the chance of trying for Jack Snipe with our thermal imager at our specially developed site-so off I went with unfortunately no time to get a team together.
The site was jumping with Common Snipe with at least 73 counted--much the biggest count we have reported and suggesting that they are gathering before migration. I counted 12 Jack Snipe of which I caught another 3 making it a very worthwhile trip. The rain started just as I left the site-result!
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