13th April - ground frost last nigh. Sunny start the sunny spells. Light - mood ENE, 9C, feeling cool. Odd short hail shower mid-day.

Cotesbach Landfill; a look here after lunch, strangely there were no Gulls in the sand pit area, some over the landfill but most were circling noisily very high and moving off, could not tell why they didn't want to settle as normal.  Anyhow, there was 6 Red Kite and several Buzzards in the area plus a male Yellow Wagtail on an island, while 5 Swallows fed over the boundary trees.

Shawell lagoons; It seems many Gulls decided to drop-in here at least a 1000 (LBB, GBB, Herring and Common), no 'white-wingers' though.  There were 23 Wigeon on the water, a Great-crested Grebe, plenty of Tufted and a couple of Teal.  4 Lapwing were resting on the shore ignoring a Red Kite that flew over low.

Stanford reservoir; Green Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail on the dam.  13 Goldeneye still, one Shoveler and a single female Pochard. On the adjacent field about 70 Fieldfares and 1 Redwing were feeding.  otherwise, much the same as recent days, no further new migrant arrivals.

As I mentioned yesterday eggs are predated frequently early in the season, the other common egg remains often found after those of the Mallard, like this one.