A great morning for year ticks if you are in to that sort of thing, other wise just great to see and hear the new arrivals.
Common Terns are getting more numerous around the park with pairs noisily chasing around over the main lake, Fingers and up and down the navigation channel.
First new arrival, for me, was a Reed Warbler along the main lake reed bed between the Steps and Spit. Another 2 a little further along with a Sedge Warbler in between.
A Swallow flew in over the main lake from the north east.
A Cuckoo was heard and located in the top of the dead branches of the tree by the Dead Seat.
A Common Whitethroat was singing from the south east corner of Fingers. (New).
2 Swifts (New) were seen over Riverside accompanied by a Sand Martin.
At the Tern Pool, just over the bypass along the cycle track, a Yellow Wagtail (New) was spotted on the fence before it moved to the edge of the pool then back to the field and finally flying to the entrance road to the gravel works.
A Lesser Whitethroat (New) was heard as we started down the Grange Estate loop.
On the way back to the park a Common Buzzard was seen low over the bypass bridge. It drifted off towards the big lake on 100 Acre.
All in all a great morning with 5 year ticks plus the Cuckoo, which we heard during the guided walk last week, but this was my first sighting of the year.
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