Out of bed with the fairly usual Saturday morning hangover. When I came out of the shower I noticed three text messages and a voicemail on my phone. Five Greenshank and a Spotted Redshank at Fowlmere! I quickly got down there and whilst walking along the broad-walk heard a Greenshank in flight. I peered through the trees and saw a solitary Greenshank flying away. Almost immediately I got a call to say that all the birds had flown off together. I’d just caught the last bird, with the Spotted Redshank at the front. A tick, but also a dip. I checked the mere, just in case they returned but they did not.
