26th April - cloudy am, sunny spells pm, 15C, breezy westerly

Willey; A Lesser Whitethroat was singing west of the village , same location as the other day.  Late afternoon a Kestrel was hunting over the fields behind the Church.  The Goldcrest is present and singing most days in the church Yew Tree.

Stanford Reservoir; I made an evening visit to check on the second raft, still in-place.  Migrants are definitely late, even though some are here, there must be more to come as numbers, like the Terns are missing.  This evening, at least 200+ Sand Martins were feeding over the reservoir, these must include newly arrived birds.