1st July - mostly cloudy, sunny spell pm, 18C

Here are the sighting details for the colour ringed Black-tailed Godwit seen on the 25 June at Stanford reservoir. So, 12 years old and traveling about quite a bit and breeding in Iceland.

12.6.2005 Iceland,N Ice, Akureyri
31.5.2008 Iceland,N Ice, Akureyri
31.3.2009 England,E Eng, Essex,Blackwater estuary,Heybridge
21.4.2011 Iceland,S Ice, Rangárvallasýsla,Landeyjar
21.1.2012 Ireland,S Ire, Waterford,Waterford Harbour
29.7.2014 England,E Eng, Lincolnshire,the Wash,Frampton Marsh
8.8.2014 England,E Eng, Lincolnshire,the Wash,Frampton Marsh
13.8.2014 England,E Eng, Lincolnshire, the Wash, Frampton Marsh
27.9.2015 England,E Eng, Lincolnshire,the Wash,Freiston Shore
10.10.2015 England,NW Eng, Merseyside,Wirral,Caldy
13.8.2016 England,E Eng,Essex, Blackwater estuary,Heybridge
22.8.2016 England,E Eng,Essex, Blackwater estuary,Heybridge
7.9.2016 England,E Eng,Essex, Blackwater estuary,Heybridge
13.9.2016 England,E Eng,Essex, Blackwater estuary,Heybridge
27.9.2016 England,E Eng,Essex, Blackwater estuary,Heybridge
5.10.2016 England,E Eng,Essex, Blackwater estuary,Heybridge
11.10.2016 England,E Eng,Essex, Blackwater estuary,Heybridge
25.6.2017 England,C Eng,Leicestershire, Northants,Stanford reservoir

Cotesbach landfill; this afternoon I met up with Carl for some Gull watching.  There were plenty of Gulls, mostly Lesser-black Backed, smaller numbers of Herring, a couple of Black-headed and several Yellow-Legged Gulls.

Most surprisingly was the number of Red Kites, in the past we have seen a max of 3, but today I could see 10 and Carl had counted 14 earlier - amazing for this area.

I visited another location with Carl to check out the Peregrine pair, they were still present and likely nesting.

A Common Darter was also here dashing about.

Willey;  A spotted this rabbit sitting in the field near the footpath, a risky life for it as the Foxes like the area it was feeding in.