I've been eager to get out to the patch but gone through one of those spells recently where I've not been able to make it for a week or so for various reasons. Thoroughly gripped off and inspired - in equal measure - by Gareth's Nightingale last night, I was hopeful for the morning. It wasn't quite the feast I was dreaming of but there were a handful of migrants on offer, including singles of
Whinchat,
Garden Warbler and
Reed Warbler, along with seven
Willow Warblers. A
Treecreeper was in the Plantation and two
Pied Wagtails flew over. Four
Whitethroats were probably still local birds and seven
Swallows flew east. Non-passerines included two
Grey Herons, two
Little Egrets, a
Redshank, six
Turnstones, a
Ringed Plover, three
Mediterranean Gulls, six
Common Gulls, two
Sandwich Terns and six
Gannets.
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