Decided to bring the net and lamp out from Summer storage and join Charlie Sargent at our Carmarthenshire farm site to see if there were any Woodcock waiting in the fields to be dazzled by our presence. The early wind and driving rain soon passed over and by 20:30 the conditions were calmer but no Woodcock were observed.
The night however, wasn’t totally bird-less as our sojourn among the cow-pats resulted in two perfectly formed Meadow Pipits.