I was up at Edge Cote with John and Pete (socially distanced!) this morning, probably just missed you! We came up from the Seat Naze side and can add the following to your sightings
cormorant - 1 flew up the Whitewell valley
snipe - we had at least 60
jack snipe - we had 1 in the corner of the field with the pond. Did you have yours in the same area?
kestrel - 1
black-headed gull - c20 Seat Naze
common gull - c20 around Seat Naze
lesser black-backed gull - 4 flying down the Whitewell valley
meadow pipit - 2 at Seat Naze & 7 at Edge Cote
redwing - flocks of 13, 24, 6 & 3 in the Seat Naze are, so probably different birds to yours
fieldfare - 1 with redwings at seat Naze & 31 over Marl Pits
starling - c60 over Edge Cote
goldcrest - c6 calling at Edge Cote
crossbill - 1 flew over Edge Cote and possibly a different bird was heard calling in the conifers at Edge Cote
Hi Kevin,
Looks like you just got there before me as all of the snipe I saw were in the first, smaller, field approaching from the plantation end with the Jack in the left corner. I walked the second , bigger, field towards Seat Naze and didn't put anything up and wondered why!
The biggest group I put up was 4 so nothing like the number in your flock.
Cheers,
David.
