A warm bright sunny day and a quiet start that improved.
3 each Sand Martin & Swift, 1 Swallow.
A Cuckoo called thrice and 2 maybe 3 Bittern boomed regularly.
4 Common Tern seen but I failed to pick up the elusive Black Tern. This was balanced by getting the pr Garganey though the photos I took at distance were appallingly putrid.
4 Common Tern seen but I failed to pick up the elusive Black Tern. This was balanced by getting the pr Garganey though the photos I took at distance were appallingly putrid.
I found a pr Black-necked Grebe and managed to alert some visiting birders who I hope persevered and saw them after they shot into the reeds.
Others: Little & GC Grebe, Pochard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Tufted Duck. Reed Bunting & a few Reed & Sedge Warbler.
Interesting that in 3 trips on the trot here Little Egret seems to have done a runner.
