The Cheddar Valley Gazette decided to make the most of its tale of a flock waders arriving in a local peat marsh.

Matthew Smith, of Mid Somerset Newspapers, was responsible for the above, according to an anonymous workmate.
[Our apologies to Matthew for our original version of this story, which had egrets as baby eagles. Red faces at HTFP – and thanks to John Honeywell for a timely lesson in natural history.]

And finally, a mysterious notice appeared in a Derbyshire parish magazine:

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