Saturday 7th June
Good weather, with no rain.
The delayed effect of the rain has meant that the river was even higher today. A large (100+) mixed flock of swifts, house and sand martins and swallows flying low over the "lake". Still the large number of mute swans and great crested grebes.
The COMMON TERN was joined by a second bird. They spent some time sitting on a part-submerged log by the river.
At the Trap Grounds, the reed warblers still singing from within the centre of the reed beds. In the Trap Ground allotments a jay, a greater spotted woodpecker and a delightful song thrush family with fledged youngsters.
One of the two terns on the log © Peter Styles
The delayed effect of the rain has meant that the river was even higher today. A large (100+) mixed flock of swifts, house and sand martins and swallows flying low over the "lake". Still the large number of mute swans and great crested grebes.
The COMMON TERN was joined by a second bird. They spent some time sitting on a part-submerged log by the river.
At the Trap Grounds, the reed warblers still singing from within the centre of the reed beds. In the Trap Ground allotments a jay, a greater spotted woodpecker and a delightful song thrush family with fledged youngsters.
One of the two terns on the log © Peter Styles