in spite of a search of all the local sheep and cattle fields there was no sign of any Cattle Egrets or the itinerant Glossy Ibis; an extended walk across a lrge area of stubble fields (only there due to the threat of industrial development) revealed a total lack of rare buntings and pipits but I managed to flush two Jack Snipe and found a new pair of Stonechat.
Our Smew seems to have moved across the Humber to Welton Water where there are also apparently two Shags; Shag is a mega rare bird on the patch recorded in only three years out of 15 , 1994, 1996 and 2002-------------the photo is the 2002 juv found first at New Holland where the photo was taken on October 24th it eventually flew west up to the patch--maybe the Smew will bring a Shag back with it?
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