juv Cormorant on east bank.
Apart from too much blue sky and sunshine today was reasonable with a stiff E>4 this morning which was icy cold and a moderate SE>4 gusting 5 this afternoon keeping the temperature down with a reading of 20 degrees but feeling much cooler.
The star bird this morning was a juv Cormorant way over on the east bank in with the gulls, a rare visitor for this location. Swifts were again plentiful over the water whilst the Pied Wagtails continuously took food into their well hidden underground nest.
Other than Common Sandpipers waders were hard to find having another lazy day in the sun but finally managing to find 1 Ringed Plover on the east shore and 1 on the SE ponds, both males with no sign of yesterdays female, as well as 2 Dunlin on the ponds. Most of the Redshanks seem to have completed their breeding cycle now and moved on with just 2 pair remaining and guarding young.
Over 200 big gulls present with around 40 Herrings which I failed to find anything special with a scope through them but I,ve taken plenty shots of them to look through shortly.
Nearing July now when things should start to liven up again hopefully with a good supply of waders.
BS