Dam End:- dawn – the Common Scoter had departed, 2 juvenile Wheatears 1 on the dam and one in the paddock by the houses, 40+ Pied and 2 Grey Wagtails on the dam. 2 Yellow Wagtails over south, 5 Common Sandpipers, adult Great Black-backed Gull and fewer Black-headed Gulls this morning ca 100, a single Common Tern, Kingfisher on the dam showing well, several showy Willow Warblers in the car park, Reed Warbler below the dam, a Swift, 4 House Martins.
West End:- ca 120 Black-headed Gulls, adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Kingfishers, 3 Reed Warblers and Little Egret on Whillett’s with more Willow Warblers and 5 Mandarins. At 7:15 a male Marsh Harrier, appeared over Pintail bank and flew over the car park.
Afternoon – 2 Teal, 7 Common Sandpipers, Red Kite, Kestrel, 40 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Coot.