Great Snipes - Gallinago media - Spain saw an unprecedented arrival of this species in April  and May and the UK saw its first-ever displaying (lekking) male in North Norfolk. Very concerning though is the failure of this species to materialise at a number of regular breeding leks in Estonia and Poland - the lekking locations being too wet possibly being the cause of the failure of birds turning up.

Corncrakes - Crex crex - on the other hand have made it through (certainly to the Western Isles of Scotland) and are increasing annually (thanks to a lot of effort by the RSPB forging good relationships with farmers and crofters).