Home of an excellent bacon sandwich – but not for me today.
I’ve been at Stanwick Lakes each morning for the last four and although Spring still has plenty of tension in it, it is beginning to unwind.
Over the past four mornings Sedge Warblers have moved from absent (to my ears) to occasional, to all over the place and everywhere I would expect them to be. Willow Warblers have done the same – they are now talking over the Chiffchaffs whereas the Chiffs were controlling the airwaves just a few days ago.
The Sand Martins are back where they breed, and little flocks fly past, often led by a Swallow or two.
Yesterday there was a Little Gull – it must be spring, it must be almost May! Today it was still there looking very cute with the enormous Black-headed Gulls.
Common Terns can be heard often and seen in pairs displaying above their nesting island.
Others have seen Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail and Common Sandpiper at my patch but they’ve eluded me so far.
This morning a Grasshopper Warbler was reeling – that’s quite an early record for me to have here – but they were five days earlier still in 2011 (my Birdtrack records tell me).
And a Cuckoo sang briefly and flew past – that’s a day later than last year.
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