Phew! It has been hot and sunny, with lots of people out for a walk. Some even had binoculars with them. Many of them signed the RSPB's Letter to the Future.
87 different bird species were recorded at Fen Drayton Lakes today, which equals our best one-day tally. They included 10 species of warbler, yellow wagtail, wheatear, house martin, little gull, whimbrel, garganey and marsh harrier. Just for a moment, we thought we had a nightingale, but it proved to be a mimicking blackcap (smart bird, it mimicked several different bird songs). If yesterday's serin and red kite had stayed....
Orange-tip and speckled wood butterflies made their first local appearance for 2010 too, giving us seven butterfly species for the weekend.