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If anyone has any items of interest for
inclusion in this column in future editions of
the Bulletin would they please send them to:—
Adrian Vernon
2 Keepers Lodge
Wanstead Park,
London, Ell 2LT
BIRD NOTES FROM NORTH FAMBRIDGE
Our small dairy -farm is 600 yards north of the
River Crouch and we own 25 acres of the
adjoining Saltmarsh which is flooded by the
tide twice daily. We have excavated a small
pond about 60 yards south of our cowsheds which
extends 30 yards north to south and 15 yards
from east to west. It is half full of water
with bare mud all round. Six acres of the
Saltmarsh have been reclaimed south of our
grazing fields.
On September 2nd I saw a snipe fly off due
south with, on its right, a similar bird with a
pure white rump and back. They flew over the
earth bank bordering the field in under three
seconds. Never having seen the latter before
we were on the alert for further sightings
which became an every day event, sometimes
three times a day, and always the same flying
due south over the bank and out of sight in
three seconds with the snipe on its left. We
could never study on the mud, as we approached
they would be off. I hoped to arrange for Mr.
Pyman of the E.N.T. to see the bird but from