This morning there were two Swifts with the hirundines feeding over the Slurry Lagoon and Deep Pit. Four Garden Warblers and five Willow Warblers were heard singing. PS.
In the late afternoon an Osprey flew over the Deep Pit, mobbed by at least twelve Common Terns. The Ecopark had one Wood Sandpiper, one Ringed Plover and a Dunlin. RW.
In the early evening six Dunlin, two Ringed Plovers and two Little Ringed Plovers were seen on the Ecopark. JDn.
Early this afternoon a Great White Egret flew down river. There were two Hobbies and a Wheatear on the riverside sheep field and a Yellow Wagtail and Ringed Plover on the Ecopark. RW.
This morning there was a Dunlin and a Shelduck on the Ecopark. A Lesser Whitethroat and two Garden Warblers were singing on the reserve. PR.
There was a Green Sandpiper and two Little Ringed Plovers on the Ecopark. A Grasshopper Warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat were near the corner of the Deep Pit, beside the Large Gravel Pit. IEP.
In the afternoon thirteen Arctic Terns went through and there were also four or more Common Terns on the site. Also present were one Grasshopper Warbler, one Swift, sixty plus Swallows and six or more House Martins and a Red Kite. A Great White Egret flew over in the evening. RW.
There was a Cuckoo calling from the reeds on the Slurry Lagoon. Two Yellow Wagtails were on the Ecopark, also a House Martin over it. Two Lapwings were over the Large Gravel Pit. IEP.
Two adult Little Gulls were in the Deep Pit this afternoon. Green Hairstreaks were on the wing and four male Emperor Moths were attracted to a pheromone lure. RW.
At least three Reed Warblers were singing in the Slurry Lagoon reed bed. Also there were Sedge Warblers, Willow Warblers, Whitethroats, Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs. A Redshank was heard calling around the Large Gravel Pit. IEP.
This afternoon there was a Wheatear on the Eco Park, two lovely Hares, one Shelduck, Lapwing, Green Sandpiper – all on the Eco Park area. SC/ PG.