30th and 31st March 2013

With hardly any migrants around locally I decided over the easter weekend to have a crack at the Jack Snipe at Marsh Lane,West Mids, called into the Fishing lodge to pick up my day pass & reserve key then down to the reserve & into Oak hide where Pete Walkden was already stationed!! No sign but after an hour or so the bird appeared briefly showing well before being spooked by a Teal then a Sparrowhawk  which went in after the Common Snipe!!

Nice to get the bird for the Year but it would have to be another trip over on the Sunday! Arrived at the fishing lodge at 9am picking up a pass & key (I would join but i probably wouldn't use it enough over the Year) Arrived in the hide to no sign so i settled down for the cold wait (Very cold wait!!!) Pete arrived about  1 1/2 hrs later & it had only shown very briefly so we sat & patiently waited when it broke cover about 25ft away from us but always slightly obscured,after what seemed like a lifetime it came out into the open! Cracking views the only thing missing was the sunshine (Still can't have everything!!)