Sunday 27th April (First Cuckoo?)

The expected drizzle and showers failed to materialise early on and in fact it turned out to be another cracking morning.

Chiffchaff 11 (including 2 on the south bank of the river, either side of the boat club moorings)
Common Tern c.13
Greylag Goose 3 main lake, departed to north east.
Reed Warbler 3 (1 showing well by the sailing club near the disabled access fishing swim)

Reed Warbler

Shelduck 1 (initially on main lake but departed south to Fenlake at 7:45)
Mute Swans 7 (5 including the pair on the main lake and the pair on west Fingers, the west Fingers male has some fishing line around his left leg, looks like a loose loop at the moment )
Cuckoo Estimate at least 2 possibly 3. One, early on, flew across the main lake north to south calling. Another seen on 100 Acre flew north and little while later another? was heard calling along the Cut. I think these are the first Cuckoos of the year in the park unless DK has kept some secret!

Cuckoo (on the wires over 100 Acre)

Garden Warbler 2
Blackcap 16 (includes a pair along the Woodland Walk)
Redshank 3 (Fenlake)
Kingfisher 1 (river behind Leat Pool)
Black-Tailed Godwit 3 (Fenlake)
Lapwing (2 displaying over Fenlake)
Sedge Warbler c.10 (includes c.4 along the Fenlake side of the river)

Sedge Warbler

Great Crested Grebe 7 (Only saw 1 on west Fingers, still on the nest. A pair on the main lake did a tentative weed dance.)
Mallard, the female with the 5 ducklings was on the north side of the main lake. She is very dark, hence the suggestion she is a X in yesterdays report)
Reed Bunting 2m (along the Spit)

Reed Bunting

Gadwall 4min, 6max (Pair seen on West Fingers but later 2 pairs seen on the main lake, one pair departed and looked like they dropped into Fingers)
Coot 1
Lesser Whitethroat 2 (1 moving from the Rough to the Sheep Pen, another along the cycle track by the STW)
Common Whitethroat 2

Common Whitethroat (east side of Finger Lakes)

Willow Warbler 4
Tufted Duck 1 (male heading up stream from the STW bridge on the back river)

Also several Orange Tip butterflies and a couple of Speckled Woods.