Sun 14th July 19   (What a great game of Cricket)


First thing this morning it was quiet on the scrape with 1 LRP (adult), 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Lt. Egrets, 2 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin and a few Swifts of note.
The Avocet have just one bird still sitting on eggs and 20+ chicks were counted, 2 Oystercatchers + 2 Chicks were on the island.
Things brightened up when 2+ Bearded Tits arrived, calling and flitting around the reed bed, 1 making a couple of flights to the reeds on the main island and back to the drainage ditch in front of the hide. 
The high point of the morning had to be a super bright Kingfisher that put in three appearances, firstly flying around the pond to the right of the hide, then spending some time in the ditch in front of the hide before landing on a mound on Leon's Marsh (the flooded area in front of the scrape). A juv. Yellow Wagtail was also seen briefly in this area. PL/SC/MR

On route to the hide Pete Loud had a Gt. Spotted Woodpecker at the feeding station and a single Whimbrel (heading north).