Wintersett 08.09.14

9°C at 08.00 hrs,  rising to 18°C  by midday.  3/8 cloud with a light but very cold north westerly.
Anglers CP Vis Mig:  08.10.- 11.10hrs.  A steady passage but numbers of birds very low.
Meadow Pipit 53 S,  Swallow 47 S,  Jay 4 high NW at 08.29hrs,  Yellow Wagtail 1 S, Grey Wagtail 1S and Common Gull 2.  Star bird today was a  RED KITE  that drifted slowly north at 09.47hrs. 
Anglers CP:  Dunlin 1, Common Sandpiper 1, Grey Wagtail 3,  Goldeneye 1,  Snipe 3 flew in to the shallows.  Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult.
Wintersett Res: Sedge Warbler 3 on north bank.  Nuthatch 1 Boathouse bench.
Wintersett Village: Grey Partridge 6.
Butterfly: Comma WRes.
Arachnid: Lynz Harston took these great macro shots of a Garden Spider outside the first Pol Hide yesterday.