Better late than never!

It was a washout on Saturday and very quiet in the park on Sunday. Singing Blackcaps were still fairly numerous.

Canada Goose: 91
Reed Warbler: 3
Blackcap: 9
Chiffchaff: 4
Great Crested Grebe: Pair and 2 young on Fingers and 2 more adults on main lake
Mallards: 37 + 3 ducklings
Grey Heron: 4
Song Thrush: 2
Garden Warbler: 2
Common Whitethroat: 5
Mute Swan: 7 + 4 cygnets mainlake + 2 over
Cuckoo: 1
Moorhen: 1 + 3 young on east fingers and 1 on nest by main lake hide
Long-tailed Tit: 3 parties around the park mostly hidden in the canopy but one on the south side of the lake numbered at least 11.
Common Tern: 11
Great Spotted Woodpecker: 1

On Monday morning I rode out to Danish Camp and back, not seeing much at all although singing Common Whitethroat was by far the most numerous of the summer migrants heard.

Wednesday morning and I was out on the bike again with completely different results. Blackcap was the most numerous of the warblers this morning although numbers were down across the board. While passing the Bedford STW 16 Lapwing flew over and I spotted a Little Egret in Meadow Lane GP. At the Tern Pool a single Redshank was sat on one of the sign posts and a couple of Yellow Wagtails flew from the cycle path into the crops. On the way back I stopped off at Meadow lane GP and dragged the bins out of the pack. There were actually 3 Little Egrets and 9 Lapwing with a couple of Mute Swans a few BH Gulls and Mallards.