A mid-afternoon visit found no sign of the LRP in the set-aside with just a couple of House Martin over and a few Little Egret along the tide line, but the highlight being a Spotted Flycatcher around Atherington Pools my first of the year.

Spot Fly Atherington Pools

Jay Bailiffscourt

A fine bright morning until midday when the wind picked up and dark clouds started moving in from the west, found two scare birds possibly breeding in the patch with 2 Little-ringed Plover along the beach and a Dartford Warbler seen carrying nesting material.

Whimbrel - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1

Med Gull - 2

Common Scoter - 5E

Grey Heron - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 3 heard

Reed Warbler - 7

Sedge Warbler - 1

Swift - 5

Swallow - 15

Buzzard - 5

Kestrel - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 1

Stock Dove - 5

 

Darford Warbler 

LRP

 A potentially breeding Dartford Warbler was a nice surprise this morning, so I will not release the location. Several Whitethroat, Linnet, Meadow Pipits and Goldfinch, a Redshank along the river, 2 Sandwich Tern offshore and 8 Swift.