7th May - mostly sunny, warm, 20C, light WSW

Willey;

 A female Bullfinch flew in to the unkept allotments area, this morning.

Lilbourne Meadows; morning

Nothing new today.  13 Mute Swans is a good count here.  A male Greenfinch was singing.

Croft Hill; morning

News came in of a Wood Warbler showing and singing here, so I went o have a look.  Is was still present and seen well. in the Oaks.  Not many seen per year in this part of the Midlands.  A Treecreeper was in the same area too.

Stanford reservoir; afternoon.

A Common Sandpiper on the dam and four Common Terns.  A Little Egret on the field pool at the outlet.

House martins may be building on the house (Stanford Lodge) again.

Otherwise pretty quite, only one Whitethroat seen/heard in Blowers Bay.  Several garden Warblers were singing though.  One proved difficult to photograph as it stayed part hidden, another sat out in the open.

DIRFT-A5 Pools

Nothing new, except eight Ringed Plovers present.  Lots of heat haze for photos.

6th May - mostly cloudy, rain and drizzle later, 14C, light SE

5th May - Sunny spells until mid afternoon, then showers, some thundery. 17C, light SE

Misterton; late morning.

Spotted Flycatcher, first of the year for here this morning.

Lilbourne Meadows; evening.

Peregrine, juvenile, sitting in tree top, sat through a heavy shower.

A Shelduck, three Little Ringed Plovers, female Sparrowhawk.

4th May - sunny spells, light-mod ESE, 17C

WIlley;

Holly Blue Butterfly in Veg garden near church entrance gate - several Hollies in this area.

A5 Pools-DIRFT; evening.

Four Dunlin, three Ringed Plovers, three Little Ringed Plovers,  one Common Sandpiper, two Shelducks.

Lilbourne Meadows; evening.

A Greenshank, five Little Ringed Plovers, three Shelduck, a Little Egret, 18 Gadwall, two Shovelers.

Stock Dove pair, Yellowhammer pair.

3rd May - sunny periods, light-mod Easterly, 14C

Misterton; early afternoon

Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Two Holly Blue and several Orange-tip Butterflies.

DIRFT-A5 Pools; evening

Single Common Sandpiper and Ringed Plover.

Two female Wheatears still present.

Curlew heard over A5 fields side.

Lilbourne Meadows, evening.

16 Ruff, in winter plumage, males and females.  Three Wood Sandpipers.  One Dunlin   All busy feeding before flying off.

The distance and light was poor and fading so photos were difficult to get, but I tried.

2nd May - cloudy am, sunny spells pm, 15C, light SE

Misterton; morning

Grey Wagtail female at lake outflow.

Green Woodpecker calling

DIRFT-A5 pools; evening

Three Shelducks, two Common Sandpipers, a Curlew flew in.

Two female Wheatears, showing characters of Greenland race still present.

Three Little Ringed Plovers

Six Shovelers

1st May - sunny periods, light/mod WNW, 14C

Misterton; morning

Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, Blackcap

Stanford reservoir; afternoon.

Cuckoo, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Tree Sparrows, 4 singing Garden Warblers along Leics bank, 

Goldeneye pair, Shoveler pair, Dunlin and Common Sandpiper on dam.

Red Kite