Gatekeeper are coming out to play the last couple of days.
Good dose of rain overnight is just the sort of medicine the reserve needed. Fairly strong wind this morning delivered southbound 77 Swift, 24 Grey Plover, 17 Curlew, 13 Teal, 8 Whimbrel, 5 Tufted Duck, 5 Sand Martin, 4 Oyk, 3 Shoveler, 2 Redshank, Barwit, Little Egret, Little Tern & a Cuckoo. On site a Reed Warbler chortling away to himself is probably a late spring migrant whereas a female Blackcap will be post breeding dispersal. At least 16 Med Gull passed through or were feeding offshore.
Ringing: 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wren.