Monday 21st May 2018 0845-1300
On paper the weather was broadly similar to my visit last Monday morning but as soon as I got out of the car and felt an easterly breeze on my face my expectations were heightened, for once not to be disappointed:
SAILING POOL
2Mute Swan, 5 Greylag Geese, 15 Canada Geese, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Coot, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 2 LBB Gull, Cetti's Warbler
FLASHES
Male Ruff, 31 Avocet +5 young (4:1), 3 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Ringed Plover + 3 young, 25 Tufted Duck, male Gadwall, 6 Shelduck, 2 Mute Swan, 19 Canada Geese, 1 Grey Heron, 8 Coot, 6 Moorhen, c275 BH Gull chicks, Cetti's Warbler, Cuckoo calling from old orchard, male Redstart on old barn roof
Little Grebe on Hen Pool
NORTH MOORS
1 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Coot + brood, Jay
MOORS POOL
4 Oystercatcher (family party out of sight by the seasonal pool), 3 Lapwing, 2 Shoveler (both males), 60 Tufted Duck, 4 Shelduck, 6 Gadwall (5 males + 1 female), 8 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 2 Mute Swan, 9 Greylag Geese, 31 Canada Geese, 3 LBB Gull, no terns, 3 Swift, Raven, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler on east track, GS Woodpecker.
Also present along the east track was an interesting mixed singing phyllosc warbler with a song started tentatively as a Chiffchaff but the finished strongly as a Willow Warbler.