Edderthorpe, Tuesday morning

The bulldozers are on Houghton lowering the floodbanks so there have been fewer birds on here the last couple of days due to the disturbance. Two Sandwich Terns came from the Darfield direction calling at 06.05, over the washland towards Edderthorpe and presumably carried on north-eastwards. A bit of mud edge is appearing on Edderthorpe since the sluice was sorted at the weekend, hopefully not too late for the July LRP build-up. Shoveler 10, Teal 4, Gadwall 130, Mallard 170, the 2 Great Crested Grebes are still on Edderthorpe, LRP 2, and a Cuckoo.