Mothers' Day, a cold breeze and a rainy forecast - not a good combination for a busy day at Fen Drayton Lakes, but there were rewards for our visitors.
Chiffchaffs were singing in several locations, a handful of sand martins were spotted and a first-time visitor found our first wheatear of the year. We hope this visitor will return soon and make more discoveries!
It was too cold for butterflies, but 70 other bird species were recorded today, including siskins, lesser redpolls, fieldfares, the first male marsh harrier of 2012, a curlew, 2 ringed plovers and a peregrine.