Mon 27th May 19

Much the same around the site this morning with Cetti's Warblers calling at the dipping pond, raised platform and behind the sluice, Chiffchaffs singing on the approach road and the orchard and the pair of Stonechat between the sluice and the wind pump.

From the hide :- 44 Shelduck (36 + 8 ducklings), 4 Gadwall, 9 Avocet (1st nesting pair this year with 1 egg), 6 Redshank, 7 Lapwing (4 + 3), 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Swift, 4 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin. PRD/PL/DW/MR.