The weather forecast looked fairly favourable for migration today with showers predicted as well as an easterly wind. Alan Shorrock and I were persuaded to visit Summer Leys where it was hoped some migrants might arrive to provide some entertainment. Sadly things did not quite work out that way and we spent a quiet few unproductive hours strolling around the reserve.
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| Little Ringed Plover and Snipe |
Very little of note was seen from Rotary Hide as much of the winter wildfowl appears to have moved on. The situation from Pioneer was a little better and I saw my first Little Ringed Plovers of the year. Sharing an island with the plovers was a single Dunlin which moved on shortly afterwards. Paul Britten Hide was similarly quiet though from this vantage point we did see five Great White Egrets spread around the reserve. Snipe featured strongly from here as a total of at least twenty five were seen at one point though most soon disappeared into cover. The screen was a little dull but Mary's Lake bucked the day's trend a little by delivering distant views of the reported drake Scaup. A check of the railway line failed to produce views of the Glossy Ibis and I was left wishing that we had visited the new gravel workings near Whiston instead where half a dozen Little Gulls and a brace of Avocets had been reported. A pint in the Coach and Horses arguably provided one of the few highlights of the day
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| Redshank and Lapwing |
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