Tuesday 8th April
Bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the morning.
In the morning there is currently very little about on the Meadow: 3 shelduck, a few dozen shoveler, a few teal and widgeon still lingering. No sign of any waders.
A willow warbler singing in Burgess Field NR, a chiffchaff by the Aristotle Lane footpath.
In the evening: 6 ruff, 2 redshank, ~50 golden plover. No sign of the grey plover though.
A current working theory is that the best time to view is late afternoon/early evening. At that time any passage migrants will have dropped in for the night before leaving first thing in the morning.
In the morning there is currently very little about on the Meadow: 3 shelduck, a few dozen shoveler, a few teal and widgeon still lingering. No sign of any waders.
A willow warbler singing in Burgess Field NR, a chiffchaff by the Aristotle Lane footpath.
In the evening: 6 ruff, 2 redshank, ~50 golden plover. No sign of the grey plover though.
A current working theory is that the best time to view is late afternoon/early evening. At that time any passage migrants will have dropped in for the night before leaving first thing in the morning.