Mid-morning a Raven was feeding on another carcass to the west of the village before it was cleared away. It flew off southward over the Long Spinney in the usual direction.
During the afternoon I walked to the top of the village, next to the pond a Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chaffinch and Goldfinch were singing. In the thickets next to the allotments another Blackcap was singing and a Nuthatch was calling loudly from the trees nearby. A Bullfinch pair was in the thicket behind the pin-fold next to the allotments, the male was singing at times.
I heard that the Black-winged Stilts had moved on from Stanford reservoir and not found early morning and not seen todayat all, so the hope they stay and maybe nest has gone.
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