Wilthorpe Marsh 27/12/17.

Water Pipit on sewage farm carousel early aft. Also here c.80 Pied Wag., c.170+ BH Gulls, Green Sand, c.50 Goldfinch. Nearby 3 RL Partridge, Lapwing 1 down and flushed from the marsh edge 1 Jack and 2 Common Snipe. Not seen together yet but thought to be 2 Green Sands at the oxbow where a pair of W Rails showed well on the canal + here 17 Blackbirds, 2 Willow Tits.