A later afternoon visit to the Meadow found that all the recent rain had resulted in some flood water: actually just a small pool but technically floods none the less. A couple of snipe by the pool were the most exciting bird to find and one hopes a taste of further wader delights to come. Apart from the snipe there were the same birds around as usual: the linnet flock seems well in excess of 100 birds now and they are quite an impressive sight to see as they fly around. There were a reasonable number of golden plover with more coming in to roost as I was leaving. Meadow pipits, lapwings and pied wagtails were about as usual.

A digiscoped videograb of the golden plover in the last of the day’s sunlight.

The video footage from which the videograb was taken