Some sightings from today -
Up to 8 little ringed plovers
5 oystercatchers on Phase 2 and 3
3 redshank
3 little egrets on Phase 2
Green sandpiper on Phase 3
Yellow wagtail and white wagtail in a flock of pied wagtails on Phase 3
Buzzard over Phase 2
Cetti's warbler and sedge warbler on Phase 1
Plenty of singing chiffchaffs, willow warblers and blackcaps
Sand martins and swallows over Phase 1 and 2
And the first butterfly transect of 2011 produced two new species for the year....a speckled wood and several orange-tips.