15:30 > 17:00
5c Dull, odd shower, NW wind.
A very busy couple of hours this evening at MF.
A female Northern Wheatear along the track leading up to the pumps.
In the same area amongst the multitude of Pieds and the odd Reed Bunting hugging the East Banking was a very smart White Wagtail.
The Shelduck pair return and the drake has already started to try and clear the area of other wildfowl in the area but avoided the two Goosander that still remain.
As for waders, after a sharp shower (and echoing what Bob F has said earlier) there were two LRP's out on the mud while a pair of LRP/RP was on one of the gravel islands. No sign of the recent Redshank but at least five Green Sandpipers now and a pair of Oystercatchers.
Swallows still a plenty with a handful of Sand Martins and the first House Martins i've seen here this year.
All this and a few Teal, Gadwall and Tufted Duck still dotted about on the water and increasing number of Mipits made it all in an enjoyable evening despite the cold and at times wet.
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