21°C, warm and sunny with a WNW wind , except on Anglers Hill where it was 5° cooler.
Wintersett Res: Highlight today was a juvenile Black Tern which was picked up early this morning, before it flew onto Anglers CP at 09.00hrs. A Lesser Whitethroat was on Botany Hill and a flock of 100 Linnet was in the north bank field.
Anglers CP Vis. Mig.: There was a trickle of migrants throughout the morning including: Snipe 8 W, Cormorant 6 W, Swallow 26 S, Yellow Wagtail 1 S + 1 SE, Meadow Pipit 2 S and Curlew W at 10.45hrs. 2 Teal and a Common Tern dropped in and 14 Shoveler joined the 7 present at 10.55hrs.
Anglers CP: Common Sandpiper 1, Cormorant 11, Pochard 8 + 35 WRes., Yellow-legged Gull 1 3rd Summer + 1 adult.
Excellent News: The ♀ Goldeneye, that has over summered due to wing injury, has completed moulting and is now practising flying around the lake.
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