Progress continues at the pits

                                                  Yellow Wagtail

                                               Lesser Whitethroat

                                          Morton Bagot Bluebells

                                             Path of dreams

                                                     Cuckoo        

                                                    Wheatear

                               This yound deer greets me most mornings

                                                Yellow Wagtails

 

Yellow Wagtail

Five visits this week and still I managed to miss the best passage on Tuesday due to work when 8 Arctic Tern went through & a Dunlin also had a short visit on the spit.

Paul added our first Little Egret of the year on Friday & followed this up by picking up a Goshawk the following day when registering 67 species as part of West Midland Alldayer.

Sundays count undertaken by Jon & Chris (County Recorder) - 7 pairs of Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret (on main pool), 1 Grey Heron, 3 pairs of Mute Swans and 2 nests, 10 Greylag, 20 Canada Geese, 3 pairs of Gadwall, one new brood of Mallard (now 4), 87 Tufted Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzards, 1 Kestrel, 2 Coot broods out, pair of Oystercatcher, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Lapwing, 4 Black-headed Gull, pair of territorial LBB Gulls and 3 more through, 4 Herring Gulls,  3 Cuckoos (two male, 1 female), 40 Swift, 20 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, a few House Martins, total of 6 Yellow Wagtail, 1 female Whinchat at Pophills, 1 male Wheatear; counts of singing warblers included: 2 Cetti's, 9 Sedge Warbler, 25-30 Reed Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Common Whitethroat; 3 pairs of Long-tailed Tit, 3 Jay, 2 pairs of Yellowhammer and the white Reed Bunting.

Year list now stands at 110. Thanks to everyone for their contributions.