21st May -Mostly sunny, light NE, 20C

A5 Pools/DIRFT; morning

Not too much different around today.  Four Ringed Plovers and unusually two Meadow Pipits.

Lilbourne Meadows;

A couple of little Egrets, a drake Shoveler (where's the female?),  24 Gadwall and an Oystercatcher (is there a mate?).

Twycross area; afternoon.  Searching for species around here - nothing special though was found.

Soar Brook Lake; late afternoon

Several Greylag Geese families, totaling 31 goslings.  Tufted Duck pairs present - will they have young soon?, two Little Grebes, an Oystercatcher.  Two broods of Coot, two and four chicks respectively.

20th May - Sunny, 19C, light wing NNE/NE

Shawell sandpit/landfill; morning'

Little Grebe sitting on nest, but water level very close to flooding it - hope it is floatinmg, its mate nearby and a third present too.  Great Cfrested Grebe pair present still - no signs of nesting seen yet.

Single drake Gadwall present, Mallard with fiver ducklings.  Four Shelduck, these flew off later.  15 Tufted Ducks.  

Six Swifts 'screaming' over.  Six Red Kites, c50 Ravens, one Buzzard.

Calcutt; afternoon.  

A historic Turtle Dove site, but none found.

Brimstone, Peacock, Orange-tip and a butterfly to be identified.

Banded Demoiselle.

                                            Butterfly To be named

19th May - mostly sunny, 17C, light NE/E

New Arley; 

Popped to see the Hoopoe, good views of it feeding on the ground and flying.

18th May - Sunny am, high cloud pm, 19C, very light WSW

Lilbourne Meadows; evening.

A Lapwing is still present and in territory, a single Little Ringed Plover present too.  A Shoveler pair and still c15 Gadwall.  

A5 Pools/DIRFT; evening

A single Ringed plover found, then I spotted another smaller wader, which I identified as a Temminck's Stint.  I managed a few images dispite the poor light, distance and its size.

Hope all agree.

17th May - Sunny spells, 17C

Willey;

A Fox cub ran over the track near the BH wood, early afternoon.

16th May - Sunny spells, 16C

 Lilbourne Meadows;

Nothing new, but an Oystercatcher was feeding on the field.

15th May - sunny periods, 15C, light/mod NNW

Willey;

A Holly Blue showed well this morning.