various tree debris in many places following yesterday's strong wind, travelling around locally there were plenty of branches down. The Rooks in the local Long Spinney had been very busy over the recent weeks and many were looking good, however, yesterday's wind has blown all but 2 away. They ought to rebuild again in the near future. Fortunately, other Rook nests in the area were not so badly affected and many remained in place.
I visited Shawell lagoons this afternoon, there were plenty of Gulls on the lagoons, maybe 1500, of all the commoner species. Looking carefully through the Gulls on the shore I was able to find a juvenile Glaucous Gull busy preening itself.
Juv/1W Glaucous Gull
Also, present was 2 Great-crested Grebe, a small flock of Tufted Duck, -35 Canada Geese, Coot and Moorhen, 2 Wigeon and 5 Teal. I was scanning the edge along the reeded area when a Water Rail walked slowing through a gap feeding as it went, my first record for this site.
After awhile I moved to check the Sandy Lane pools area, here I counted 50 Pied Wagtail busy feeding, a single Meadow Pipit and Linnet with them. On the far pool the hoped for Green Sandpiper was feeding.
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