Another cold and wet morning on the patch:- 3 Shelduck, 2 males. 1 male Shoveler. 2 male Gadwall. 9 Tufted Duck. 13 Herring Gulls flew W. 5 Arctic Terns. 2 flew in at 10:10 and started dip feeding, at 11:05 they were briefly joined by a 3rd bird which then flew off E. 2 more, 1 with broken RH tail streamer, flew in at 12:03 and all 4 then flew off E at 12:05. At 12:08 2 flew back in, including 1 with broken RH tail streamer, and then flew off again, to W, at 12:10. 1 Cuckoo singing. 7 Swifts through but none lingered. c40 Swallows feeding low over mere, these had reduced to c10 by 12:30. 8 House Martins. 3 Whitethroats. 4 Reed Warblers singing. 1 female Wheatear on field S of Catchwater drain.
_________________ Regards,
Andy.
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