10th April - slight frost last night. Sunny. becoming high cloud during the day, light SSE, 13C

WIlley; first Swallow of the year around the village.

A5 Pools/DITFT; am.  new birds here included a Green Sandpiper and Redshank.  

Lilbourne wet Meadows; Nothing new here today, just the regular water birds, including 3 Shelducks and 4 Little grebes.

Stanford reservoir; pm.  more Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps around now, no other warblers found though.   A Bullfinch pair.  10 Tree Sparrows at the feed station. 

Single Shoveler and Wigeon, 67 Goldeneyes.  A couple of Ravens about, hassling a Buzzard sometimes, a Kestrel too.