8th June - rain- mod-heavy at times till 1330h, breezy westerly, 10C, clearing to sunny spells in evening 14C

Brandon Marsh; many young birds about now, Tits, Nuthatch, Warblers, Woodpeckers, Duck, Waders etc. With the weather generally having been good through the breeding so far, hopefully success will be higher than recent years.
Young Lapwing and Oystercatchers are feeding on East Marsh island.  Three Little ringed Plovers were seen here, no youngsters were spotted, but they can easily hide.  The number of Lapwing is also increasing - failed breeders likely to about 25. Ducks (Mallard and Gadwall) have also started their moult and beginning to look 'scruffy'.  Near the hide a Cetti's Warblers was feeding young.  Green and Great-spotted Woodpeckers were calling excitedly from the trees, a Goldcrest was singing and Coal Tit frequently called.  Two pairs of Little Grebe were seen from the Carlton hide.

Cotesbach Landfill;  Carl had found two Dunlin in the sand pit area this afternoon, so after Brandon I headed there to check these out and hoped other waders may have come in.  Also, earlier Carl had a record count of 47 Red Kites, will we beat this record number?

A couple of Yellow-legged Gulls were present.  Swifts, House and Sand martins were feeding here too.