Wilthorpe Marsh west early a.m.

2 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, 1 Water Rail, 21 Goldfinch. Contractors look to be doing major works on the sewage farm so no reports from there for a while. On to Whitley Common and into torrential rain. Still big numbers of Starlings, must be nearly 1000,big Lapwing flock still + about 500 Gulls mostly Black Headed with a few Common and LBB. Birds constantly on the move here, so difficult to count. Finch flock too far away in fields with no access.