wgeoff

Yes, there was a Ruddy-breasted Crake today in Long Valley. I never know how to describe the various ponds, but this one is a rough pond near where most of the Bluethroats are (3 today, 2 males and a female).

Also I think Kwan and Peter Wong saw a Water Rail in the same pond, as well as the Ruddy-breasted Crake. Both were difficult to see, hidden in the bushes in the middle of the pond.

wgeoff

Yesterday, 1.1.07, at Long Valley, a Water Rail and the Ruddy-breasted Crake together.

Also a Buff-bellied Pipit.