Great Gaddesden - 4.1.26

After a message from George Moreton letting me know he’d had as many as 6 Jack Snipe at his local patch I decided to join him the following night to see if we could find any. I arrived first and added Stonechat and Tawny Owl to the year list before we wandered out into the flooded field but sadly despite it being dark and below freezing a woman was walking her dog right through the area as we arrived! With the use of my thermal monocular we still managed to pick out 2 birds along with a couple of their common cousins.