A cold, grey day at Chew Valley Lake, we started at the dam seeing a Scaup, then on Denny Island we saw the long-staying Greater Sand Plover and in the water 2 Long-tailed Ducks. From the north shore we went to Twycross where there were 20+ Dunlin and 3 Little Stints, here, we heard an unfamiliar call, in the grass by the water were c30 Meadow Pipits, 4 Water Pipits and a Red-throated Pipit. We watched the bird for 15-20 minutes during which time the flock moved to a more open area, before being flushed by a Sparrowhawk and landing in longer grass. Later, along the east shore we saw a flock of c15 Chaffinches with a Brambling and a Jack Snipe.