Dam end: A morning visit produced 1 summer plumage Dunlin and 1 Common Sandpiper plus 2 Grey Wagtails, also pair of Canada Geese with 3 young all on dam wall. Calling Cuckoo, 2 Blackcap & 2 Whitethroat, 2 Swift, 2 Common Tern, 6 House Martins, 2 Swallow, 2 winter plumage marked Black-headed Gull. Also Green-veined White butterfly.
North bank: 1 Lesser Whitethroat head singing along footpath approx 50 metres east of picnic area, 3 Blackcap & 1 Whitethroat & 1 Song Thrush also heard. Some Early Purple Orchids still showing along the footpath.