Spent four hours from 06.40 covering most of the site except the far west end.
The first-winter male Velvet Scoter was still off the Dam as was a single female Red-breasted Merganser and 14 Wigeon. Good numbers of Goldeneye still with 141 counted including a very flighty flock of 96 off the dam which may well have been migrants stopping off. A pair of Goosander flew high east. 8 Avocets were on the lagoons and 10 Redshank were along the Dam. 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (1 4th calendar year bird, 2 adults); 22 intermedius Lesser Black Backs were off the Dam early morning then headed off high north-east as did a tight migratory flock of c450 Black-headed Gulls. 6 Common Terns flew through north with two lingering off Mander.
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| Male Avocet - 8 were on the Lagoons today |
An arrival of Hirundines was evident - c. 30 Swallows off Mander with 8 through north-east, 16 Sand Martins also off Mander with 7 through south-east and 14 House Martins through east.
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| Sand Martin resting |
Singing Chiffchaffs were in evidence, 32 were counted and there were 3 singing Willow Warblers. Still c. 35 Redwings were at the north end of the Dam with c. 200 in Diddington Wood though none were seen elsewhere. A single male Yellow Wagtail was below the Dam then flew off south, a White Wagtail was at the Lagoons, 16 Meadow Pipits at the Dam and a single Rock Pipit flew north. 6 Siskins were at the Lagoons.
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| Redshank - were unusually confiding on the Dam this morning... |
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