On Monday I was a bit later up to the resevoir and on arrival mid morning there was a big group (big for here) of Common Gulls fly-catching over the water. Constantly wheeling around and altering height they were hard to count with any accuracy but I estimated 150. There had obviously been a good fly emergence in the morning and they were making the most of it. Smaller flocks passed through later too, so they were well and truly on the move that day. Other bits of note were a single Sand Martin, two singing Blackcaps and a Mistle Thrush. I also spotted two Brimstone butterflies and six Small Tortoiseshells.
Tuesday Morning John had a Little Ringed Plover, but again it left fairly early. There had been an arrival of Blackcaps with at least seven and possibly nine singing birds around the patch. The only other bird of note was a drake Gadwall on the Borrow Pit pool.
This morning John had our first Willow Warbler of the year and a flyover Lesser Redpoll.
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