31 July 2018

2 Mute Swans, 24 Mandarins, an unseasonal Wigeon, a Gadwall, 4 Teal, 6 Tufteds, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Little Grebes, a pair of GCGrebes with three small chicks was a surprise having hatched them out of a nest in the open just off the north bank -good stuff, 1 LRPlover, 1 Snipe, ad Yellow-l-Gull, 5 Common Terns, all the regular warblers  in the area still but not in particularly good numbers; Garden Warblers have been absent for some time.