Seeing as the weather forecast promised a fine day with less wind of late for the 20th,Ithought it best to get down to Snodmarsh before the Pratincole departs,after all it would be a first for me.I arrived at about 8:am and made my way to the Marsh hide,where I was told it could be seen on the ground over the far side of the scrape.I quickly found the bird and had good scope views,after some while it flew closer and showed the black underwing,but not close enough for a good photo opportunity.