Thurs 5th May 22

A quiet start over the road and along the approach road first thing improved when I reached the Dell, the pale speck in the distant hawthorn looked interesting and with closer views turned out to be a Wryneck, (a great surprise as normally an autumn bird at the Haven) a couple of quick photo's followed but before the message had been sent the bird was flushed by a walker and lost to view. Joined by Richard, 15 mins of searching relocated it in the Badger Set hedge.

Photo Richard Jeffree©

 Very quiet on the scrape, the island was deserted, 6 Avocet, 3 Redshank, 3 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Spotted Redshank, 6 Shelduck, 3 Mallard, 1 Shoveler, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard RJ/MR

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

08:54 4/5 Wheatear + female Whinchat bridle path NR farm dump.

14:11 Wryneck still present left of toilet block though elusive

Pete Loud

18:11 Wryneck just showed well for a couple of minutes in bushes just behind toilet block.