Paxton Pits - 31 March 2013

High pressure still dominating the weather with dour cloud cover and cold easterly winds. Wandered around the north side of Pumphouse Pit  to the Offord Pumping Station. 

3 Smew still (1 drake), 4 Goosander (1 male), 2 Jack Snipe along the north shore of Pumphouse Pit near the bund, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plovers, a littoralis Rock Pipit, 4 Chiffchaffs c 30 Lesser Redpolls and a 3rd calendar year Caspian Gull were the highlights. 

Passable flight shots of Jack Snipe