Lovely morning at the dam end: ~40 house martins ~ 20 swallows, common sand and snipe under heronry, 3 buzzards, raven, flock of 15 starling flew over, 1 jay, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 1 kingfisher, 1 nuthatch, 8 egyptions, 4 grebe, +20 mallard, 3 mandarin, 5 moorhen, 4 heron.