Another visit to Slimbridge this morning before the month's end, to see the recently found Jack snipe plus other species I wanted to add to my year list. I've not seen a Jack snipe for several years, the last one being in a similar spot at Slimbridge. Today's views were not great as it was mostly resting, hidden amongst the grasses but at least I did see it 'bobbing' once or twice.
Other species I added today were avocet, ruff, cattle egret ( about 16 on South Lake), cranes, and tundra bean geese.
An unusual sighting was a wood mouse which appeared to be unaware of all the human interest in him/her as it stayed nibbling away just feet away from us. We wondered if it was sick in some way as it just didn't seem to have very bright eyes.
Despite the forecast, it was a beautiful sunny morning at Slimbridge and the large areas of floodwater were attracted thousands of birds - an amazing sight. It was milder than of late too and all in all a very pleasant and rewarding morning at this stunning WWT reserve.
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