18th August - light rain from 1000 till midday, light-mos Easterly, 19C

WIlley; c0900h a Red Kite over Perkins fields and nine Mistle Thrushes feeding top fields near spinney (flew off east).

Soar Brook Lake; mid-day.

Four Yellow Wagtails, two Little Grebes, c60 Mallard, three Tufted Ducks, two Stock Doves, a few House Martins low over the lake.

Lilbourne Meadows; evening

Three Green Sandpipers, seven Teal, three Snipe, c 40 Starlings, a Greenfinch.