A pleasant wander around the park with EN and a couple of the guided walk regulars. We managed to miss most of the rain somehow! Managed to bag most of the summer migrants with Blackcap and Common Whitethroat seemingly the most numerous. Garden Warbler was a bit tougher with just one in the Rough and then that was out gunned by Song Thrush and Chiffchaff making it difficult for our guests to get to grips with the song.
EN thought he had a Nightingale which flew from the small plantation to the north side of the New Meadow. I didn't see it so cannot comment. We had a quick look over 100 Acre where a single Lapwing flew from the newer workings. A dog walker reported 6 Little Egrets further on the re-landscaped workings further along the cycle path, near the bypass.
Sedge Warbler was hard to come by but at the south east corner of Fingers one was singing and doing display flights and a Common Whitethroat also got in on the act giving great views. The Great Crested Grebe family were still going strong as were the Swan family. A third adult Great Crested Grebe, on west Fingers, looked like it might also be carrying small chicks on its back but we never saw them despite watching for several minutes. Not sure where it came from either so if it does have chicks not sure how it got here! Probably just a rogue adult with the fidgets!
Back at the car park yet another Common Whitethroat showed well while Willow Warblers sang. Then it started raining again, so it was time to go!
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