After having our pelagic trip cancelled for the weekend due to poor weather, Sion Stanton and I decided to brave the horrible conditions and head down to Intaka Island Wetland Reserve. Despite the completely overcast conditions with intermittent rain and some wind, it was still fairly active birdwise and we managed to see a number of the regular species. There was nothing of particular note that we found and the only African Snipe that we saw took off and landed where we could not see it again. There is a lot of construction work happening on the outskirts of the reserve and a number of the species we used to encounter in these areas seem to have disappeared. There were certainly no larks or pipits around and it has been a while since I last saw a Small Grey Mongoose there. It's such a pity that development has to push so many species away.