Between 9 and 10 thousand starlings came into the roost again, this afternoon. All the action happened between 3:30 and 4pm. It will be interesting to see what happens with the temperatures forecast to plummet over the weekend. As usual, there was a female sparrowhawk in close attendance.
Also at Holywell Lake were a water rail and a Cetti's warbler. A female marsh harrier flew over at 3:45, heading north.
Elsewhere, the immature long-tailed duck and the redhead smew remain on Swavesey Lake, one of the bitterns showed at Elney Lake, and there were 2 little egrets at Ferry Mere.