16:30 > 17:30
Sun, 15c, calm but building cool east breeze.
Little Ringed Plovers return! Three found this afternoon. Firstly a very flighty single bird that did several circuits of the site before settling on one of the new islands. When I moved to the central field (the one directly north of the farmhouse) to get a better look two more dropped into the area of exposed mud and small bay right at bottom of this field. First bird remained flighty but other two looked settled by the time I left.
Other waders on site, two Oystercatcher, three Green Sandpiper and a lone Lapwing. Two Little Egrets also in the vicinity.
Just one of the Shelducks on site today, seven Goosander and the usual handfuls of Wigeon, Teal & Tufted Duck. Gadwall numbers have increased thought to 14.
Migrants evident in the skies too with two distant Swallows heading north.
On the butterfly front a single Red Admiral flitted about Back Brook.
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