14:00 > 15:00
23c hot sunny, humid.
A more midsummer day than May and Sandmartins were the order of the day prospecting the walls of the inlet where around 20 nests can already be seen. A good addition to the site.
Six Little Ringed Plovers dotted about, two more settled pairs whilst one flighty couple around the gravel islands look like potential newcomers. The only other waders, three Lapwing resting on one of the islands.
Also prospecting a pair of Common Tern but given the fluctuating water levels I’d give little hope of them staying within the vicinity.
A Little Egret could be found by the wader pool as could five Grey Heron. Out on whats left of the water a pair of Great Crested Grebe were surely passers by while the Tufted Duck pair still stick it out. The resident Common Buzzard was again found in the trees above Godwit Corner. A pair of Yellow Wagtail were also seen but it looks like the rush of a few weeks ago is over.
A look in later in the evening not long before sunset found a single Hobby trying to pick off single birds from a gathering of Housemartins up near the farm entrance. A sign that summers here if there ever was one.
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