01st Apr 2016

John visited this morning and had one Swallow, three Sand Martins, a Greylag and five Siskin. I have been meaning to mention that there are some Siskins still in the area but the Redwings seemed to all leave last weekend.

Late morning Ian Rowe had a flock of 48 Common Gulls pass through, which is a very good number for here.

At lunch time John and I had a quick walk around. There was a Willow Warbler singing in the car park and a Little Ringed Plover on the western shore. There were hirundines around and it was unclear how many were coming and going but at one point we had one House Martin and two or three Swallows with 27 Sand Martins.

Both pictures courtesy of Dave Fuller

I should mention that more of Dave's pictures can be seen on his 500px webpage here, including many from Farnborough Park.