18:00 > 10:30
12c sunny, odd cloud NE breeze.
Out on Gannet watch (its a long story) I decided an hour or so at the height of the Ridge given its vista might be as good a place as any locally. Entering the site by the Haversham end I was greeted by a family playing Pétanque near the car park. It was almost an omen as out on the water a party of seven Little Egrets fed together bar the odd squabble in the evening sun giving the area a hint of the Carmargue (i'm not convincing you am I?) rather than North Bucks. The wafting smell of BBQ's at Cosgrove Park dispelled the myth but I can dream. Alongside the record number of Egrets ten Grey Heron were also dotted about. The attraction i'm not sure but all the same an impressive site. Would I swap all that for a single flyover Gannet, probably not.
Also on site in the pool on the newly worked area was a single Yellow Legged Gull alongside a dozen or so Black Headers. A lone Cormorant sat at the waters edge while a pair of Green Sandpipers and a single Common Sandpiper could be found in the shallows along with around 30 Lapwing dozing here and there.
Still a few passage Swallow and House Martin drifting through especially along the Ouse whilst up on the hill a flighty group of 13 Meadow Pipits could be found.
But still no Gannets...
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