1st July 1999 Grove Ferry 5pm - 7.30pm. Sunny with fresh wind.

Baillon’s Crake 1 ex performed in open for 2 hours down to c.15 feet. Superb pencil thin orange orbital ring around red eye. Chustnut upperparts with white streaks and fine dark streaking on crown seen. Could look through its large nostrils !

Green Sandpiper 3