With the temperature at 20 degrees at 0700 hrs and up to 28 degrees at 1000 hrs with not a breath of wing it was far too hot to tackle the tops, especially for the dogs so just a wander around Ogden west bank in the shade of the trees.
The Pied Flycatcher was still in full song but only fleeting sightings as it flittered around in the dense leaves. This bird was first located on the 9th of May by NK who identified it by call then followed that with a sighting on the 23rd of May. A good find from Nigel.
Whilst trying to pin down the Pied Fly I picked up Blackcap, Willow Warbler. Chiffchaff and a single Siskin, plus the usual woodland species. A Buzzard went overhead whilst 14 LBB gulls and 8 Herring gulls were on the water with 3 Heron on the banking. No use for the camera today with too many leaves on the trees and too much heat shimmer around the shore.
With 62 years birding at Ogden its looking like it is becoming to an end with signs up telling of the intension to make it pay and display with charges of 50 pence for half an hour and £1 per hour making it £3 for 3 hours which, I for one, won't be paying as during winter I use Ogden most days so it will be find another venue to replace it. Any roadside parking on the nearby side roads to Ogden is an invitation to come back to broken windows.
A bit of a respite tomorrow with cloudy sunshine on a light to moderate easterly kicking off at 12 degrees and not getting past 18 degrees.
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