Early promise was provided by a large flock of Tits and Warblers working their way along the hedge from the copse at Netherstead. We eventually counted 10 Whitethroats over the whole site, but this is probably just a fraction of the total number present.
At the flash field the recent heavy rain has flooded much of the wader-friendly mud, but the margins still supported 25 Lapwings, two or three Green Sandpipers, and the Dunlin. A couple of Teal were also visible.
I also managed to upgrade my Kingfisher shot from record shot I'm ashamed to show, to record shot which won't win any awards but is good enough to show that the bird is a male (no orange at the base of the bill).
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Further along Morton Brook we flushed a flock of about 80 Goldfinches and at least one juvenile Greenfinch feeding on Knapweed heads.
A probable Migrant Hawker teased us by refusing to land (for me anyway), and the morning was further disrupted by the dreaded Marsh Lane text: Spotted Redshank on the Car-Park Pool. Dave needed to see this Marsh Lane tick, so off he went.
I meandered back, seeing a very nice juvenile Willow Warbler in Birches above my car before heading for home.
PS The news is not good. Dave dipped the Spotted Redshank which flew off at 12.15 and may have been caught speeding by a copper with a speed-gun.
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