Friday 8th April 2016

1050 - 1115 cloudy 7c:  Redstart male still in bushes near concrete overflow pipe (and again at 1325), Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing, Cormorant, Mute Swan pair, GC Grebe 3, Herring Gull 3, LBb Gull 15. 

At Barns Lane pool 0915 - 1030:  Willow Warbler 4 in song, Chiffchaff 5+ in song, Bullfinch pair, Chaffinch 2, Goldfinch 3, Pied Wagtail 2, Greylag Goose, Jay 3, Green Woodpecker, Buzzard, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush in song, Blackbird 4, plus usuals, (Osprey seen at nearby Clayhanger).  (GR)

Hasty and distant shot of Redstart this morning atop a dead elder branch, before the bird flew to cover.