Dam End:- mid-morning on the dam were 2 Common Sandpipers, adult and juvenile Herring Gull, adult Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Gulls in with the Black-headed Gulls, 23 Golden Plover calling whilst passing over headed SW, one in almost full summer dress. On the dam Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker male and a few Jays coming and going. Overhead 3 chattering Fieldfares were a sign of what is to come. A few Chiffchaffs, Marsh Tit and a Goldcrest. A Whimbrel flew over also headed SW.