Our first Nightingale has arrived and was hear near Allen's pond. We also have reports of a short-eared owl seen this afternoon.

Coastguards
Grey Heron
Skylark
Black Headed Gulls
Shelduck
Avocet
Little Egret
Redshank
Lapwing
Kestrel
Reed Bunting

Flamingo
Shelduck
Black Headed Gull
Lapwing
Redshank
Great Crested Grebe
Moorhen
Coot
Goldeneye
Avocet
Ringed Plover
Teal
Stonechat
Meadow Pipit
Oystercatcher

Radar
Greylag Geese
Canada Geese
Shelduck (several hundred)
Mallard
Little Egret
Great Crested Grebe
Black Headed Gull
Blackcap
Redshank (well in excess of 1500)
Oystercatcher
Kingfisher
Black Headed Gull
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Wren
Reed Bunting
Whitethroat
Coot

Crystal
Shelduck
Black Headed Gull
Greylag Geese
Oystercatcher
Tufted Duck
Great Crested Grebe
Swallows

Black Barn Pools
Black Headed Gulls
Shoveler
Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Little Grebe
Teal
Moorhen
Coot
Greylag Geese
Pheasant
Sedge Warbler

Other animals noted: Peacock butterflies, several dozen, plus a Comma. Marsh frogs at Black Barn Pools and Whirligig beetles and Pond Skaters at Allen’s Pond

thanks to Les Edwins for these sightings