Oh well...

8/8/06 Welney WWT Leaders:Simeon and James
We returned to Welney to try and positively ID the strange Snipe we had seen the day before. At Buxton Hide we counted 48 Common Snipe and the strange one. In the end we came to the conclusion that it was just a dodgy Snipe (excuse the phrase!), because it had a small amount of white on the underside that we hadn't seen the day before. Sorry for the false alarm and I apologise for any inconvenience. I know have a better knowledge of Snipes so I will not jump to any conclusions next time! Anyway, other birds we saw were 50 Common Snipe (including the dodgy one and one from the main observatory), two Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 600+ Lapwing, 30+ Golden Plover, 15+ Ruff, Grey Heron (see gallery), 4 Little - Ringed Plover, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel and Hobby. It had been a good day with the positive ID of the Common Snipe! Sorry again for any inconvenience!