25th April - sunny spells, showers forming, some thunder, wind southerly light-mod then SW, 15C

Willey; a check of my feed station this evening showed at least 6 Tree Sparrows and 4 Yellowhammers were present, so I'll keep feeding seed for awhile yet.

Stanford reservoir; a look this morning produced 4 Common Tern, 6 Shoveler and the first brood of Grey Lag Goose goslings; more Mallard broods are present now too.  Chris had seen a Black Tern first thing, but this was in and straight out.  A Lesser Whitethroat was singing along with other Warblers.  A Common Sandpiper and 3 Yellow Wagtails were on the dam.

In the nearby field 5 Fieldfare and a male Wheatear were feeding.

Late afternoon a text came that there was a Whimbrel on the dam, so off to see it, we don't get too many of these on the ground unless the water is very low.  It was still present and I got some record pics.

Again the 'Channel Wagtail' was present with 8 Yellow Wagtails.  " Little Ringed Plovers were also on the dam and a Red Kite flew over.  As this morning a sizeable flock of hirundines was present feeding overhead.