Sunshine and clear skies, temperatures reduced by cool NE breeze
Flashes
Avocet 22 (two sitting), Lapwing 7 sitting, LRP 4 (one sitting in front of main hide just beyond large cage) Oystercatcher 4 (also seen over sailing pool), Common Sandpiper 1 (very mobile)
Gadwall 2m, 2f, Shelduck 5, Shoveler 3m, 1f, Tufted Duck 5
Little Egret 2, Raven 2 around and on nest, Peregrine 1, Kestrel 1m, Sparrowhawk 1(causing mayhem amongst Black heads) Hybrid Med Gull sitting, 2CY Med Gull in flight, Black Headed Gull 282 occupied nests counted, Willow Warbler 1, Blackcap 1, Green Woodpecker 1 heard
Hen Pool
Cetti's Warbler 1,Reed Warbler 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Water Rail 2 (male taking a small brown fish to present to female), Mallard 5m
Sailing Pool
Great Crested Grebe 2, Mute Swan 2, Tufted Duck 6, Mallard 20, Canada Geese 8, Coot 2, Cetti's Warbler 1
North Moors
Teal 1m,1f, Tufted Duck 4m 5f, Willow Warbler 1 singing, Sedge Warbler 1 singing/elusive, Reed Warbler 1 singing/elusive, Water Rail 1, Mallard with brood of 10, Goldcrest 2 singing, Little Grebe 1pr, Coot pair nesting
Moors
Great Crested Grebe 2, Mute Swan 2, Shelduck 3, Shoveler 2pr, Tufted Duck 62, Little Grebe 5 pr, Gadwall 2m, 1f
Lesser Redpoll 1, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush pr, Goldcrest 1 singing, Oystercatcher 2,
Skylark 1, Green woodpecker 2 heard, Cettis Warbler 2 singing, Sedge Warbler 2/3 singing, same 2CY Med Gull (19/4 bird) in flight and settling briefly