West End:- 1 Garden Warbler, 2+ Blackcap and Chiffchaff all singing, nesting confirmed for: Blue and Great Tit, Wren, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Stock Dove (2 chicks ringed), Mandarin, Jackdaw and Tawny Owl. 3 pairs of Common Terns at rafts. Both Grey Heron and Cormorants now have young visible in the heronry. The white leucistic Grey Heron was seen at a nest with a normally-plumaged bird. 2 Little Egrets were seen at the heronry but not at a nest. 1 Marsh Tit, pair of Greylag, several Mallards, Great Crested Grebes and Canada Geese. More unusual plants seen in flower were Marsh Marigold, Marsh Valerian and Adderstongue Fern.
Whillets:- 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Whitethroat (singing), 3+ Reed Warbler singing at reed bed, pair of Reed Bunting noted, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff and Crow. Butterfly transect – up to 6 Orange Tip, pair of Brimstone, 1 Comma, 3 Peacock.