Monday 23rd May 0700-1200
A brisk NW wind took the edge off temperatures on a sunny morning and kept the heads of most birds down:
SAILING POOL
2 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Geese, 2 Coot, 1 GC Grebe, 15 Tufted Duck, Cetti's Warbler, 1 Common Tern, c70 Swift
FLASHES
1 Ringed Plover, 4 LR Plover, 2 Oystercatcher + 3 chicks, 36 Avocet + 1 chick, 2 Redshank, 9+ Lapwing +10 young (4 on foreshore + 6 in sewage meadow 3:2:1), 1 Grey Heron, 4 Canada Geese, 4 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler + 12 duckling, 28 Tufted Duck, 14 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 2 LBB Gull
NORTH MOORS
Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 1 Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler
MOORS POOL
2 Mute Swan, 18 Canada Geese, 6 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 60 Tufted Duck (107 across the reserve), 2 Snipe, 2 Lapwing (appear to be sitting in Amy's Marsh), 2 Oystercatcher + 2 young (presumably the Broadmeadow pair - one adult and chick on Broadmeadow, one adult and chick on East Island), 3 Little Grebe, 38 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 5 LBB Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 6 Common Tern, Jay, Kestrel, Buzzard, c30 Swift, Cetti's Warbler